Energy Top Stories

Trans Mountain pipeline battle set for NEB hearing today

Brace yourselves Canadians, the pipeline drama is about to heat up again.

CBC News | January 19, 2016 | 12:05 am

The world’s southernmost mines

Chile's Invierno coal mine is, by far, the southernmost mine…

Frik Els | January 18, 2016 | 10:27 am

Suncor changes strategy to acquire Canadian Oil Sands with $6.6bn friendly deal

After months of hostile rhetoric, the two Calgary-based companies have…

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 18, 2016 | 2:45 am

30+ U.S. coal projects could be scrapped under moratorium

Some of the largest projects are in the Powder River…

Andrew Topf | January 17, 2016 | 4:04 pm

Last working coal mine on Vancouver Island shuts down, marking end of era

The last working coal mine on Vancouver Island has halted…

CBC News | January 17, 2016 | 1:06 pm

‘Shocking’ trade numbers have some Australians calling the end of the mining boom

The commodity price cycle peaked in the third quarter of last year.

Frik Els | April 4, 2012 | 11:05 pm

Miner union chief: EPA killing us like Navy SEALs kill terrorists

Chalk up another fracture in the Big Labor-environmentalist alliance: United Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts unloaded on the Environmental Protection Agency in a radio interview Tuesday.

Investors Business Daily | April 4, 2012 | 8:42 pm

Indonesia’s proposed export tax has Indian power companies scrambling

Indonesia's proposed tax on mining exports is having a ripple effect on Indian power companies that buy fuel for coal-fired power plants.

Andrew Topf | April 4, 2012 | 5:20 pm

U.S. mining regulator tightens coal mines safety rules

As families and friends of dead miners mark the second anniversary of the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster in West Virginia on April 5, the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration announced it would issue its final set of rules for inspecting underground coal mines on Friday.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 4, 2012 | 1:19 pm

BHP Australia coal mines vote to continue strike

Australian coal mines owned by BHP Billiton (ASX:BHP) and Mitsubishi Development Pty Ltd (TYO:8058) in the Bowen Basin area voted to resume their strike, momentarily stopped this morning, right after Easter.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 4, 2012 | 12:38 pm

Black lung payouts expanded under little known Obamacare section

While speculation about the Supreme Court's upcoming ruling on the Affordable Care Act has been getting all the attention, there is a little known provision in the law that reinstates an old protection, an expansion of benefits for victims of black lung.

Michael Allan McCrae | April 4, 2012 | 6:48 am