Energy Top Stories

Who will be left standing at the end of the oil war

While there are billions of reasons to cut output, and every major producing country is reeling from the loss of revenues, some are weathering the current bust better than others, but the devil is in the details, and the details contain tons of variables.

Oilprice.com | February 24, 2016 | 12:41 am

US uranium production hits lowest in 10 years

Depressed prices are to blame, says the Energy Information Administration…

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 23, 2016 | 10:20 am

Canada’s Ontario the slowest to issue exploration permits — report

Growing wait times for permits may hinder Canada's ability to…

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 23, 2016 | 8:20 am

Noble Group to post loss on coal price collapse

Asia's biggest commodities trader by volume is on track to…

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 23, 2016 | 5:23 am

BHP cuts divvy first time in 27 years, shakes up executive

Iron ore and petroleum division heads to leave world number…

Frik Els | February 22, 2016 | 3:15 pm

Rail strike threatens Canadian coal, potash

A strike by CP Rail is hampering the movement of goods across Canada including mined commodities coal and potash.

Andrew Topf | May 24, 2012 | 7:42 pm

Industry Watch: Marin Katusa calling for $2,000 gold

Al Korelin chats with Marin Katusa (from Casey Research) about the precious metals and worldwide commodity markets. Marin also discusses Copper Mountain, a copper company he co-founded that has just released very positive earnings results.

Even Keel Media | May 24, 2012 | 7:31 pm

Zuckerberg lost $1.5 billion in 24 hours, but he wasn’t the unluckiest billionaire. Batista was

The declines wiped $1,744,800,000 from Batista's personal fortune in one day, which means he fared worse than Mark Zuckerberg who suffered more than $1.5 billion in losses as a result of the post Facebook IPO fiasco.

Frik Els | May 23, 2012 | 8:57 pm

Olympic Dam Taskforce CEO to doubters: We’re planning 10,000-strong village, already building airstrip for 737s

The copper-uranium-gold-silver project has a 100 year mining life, so a glitch this year was unlikely to sway a company that thinks well ahead, the CEO of the Olympic Dam Taskforce said Tuesday.

Frik Els | May 22, 2012 | 9:03 pm

Foreign investment in the oilsands a win-win

We certainly could produce oil in Alberta without the contributions of foreign businesses. But would it be a good idea?

Sun News | May 22, 2012 | 8:15 pm

Patriot Coal is burning down

Trading in the stock was halted in a circuit breaker around lunchtime after falling 57.6% over doubts about its finances and is now worth less than tenth of what it was in July last year.

Frik Els | May 22, 2012 | 7:47 pm

Hard coal landing: Australia scraps $9 billion port expansion

The state government has scrapped plans for a $8.8 billion coal terminal expansion project at Queensland's Abbot Point, Australia citing funding issues and environmental regulations, but China's slowing economy probably had more than a little to do with it.

Frik Els | May 21, 2012 | 9:18 pm

Billionaire battle: Property tycoon says Rinehart is bilking him out of iron royalties

Gina Rinehart, the world of mining's 4th richest person, is meeting a fellow billionaire Stan Perron in the Australian supreme court this week in a fight over – no surprises here – iron ore royalties.

Frik Els | May 21, 2012 | 8:38 pm

Iron ore hits six-month low as China just says no

Iron ore prices fell on Monday to six-month lows of $130/tonne as Chinese steelmakers demand cargo deferrals or simply default on shipments.

Frik Els | May 21, 2012 | 8:00 pm

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