Cigar Lake mine officially starts production

Imperial Oil is spending close to $9 billion to expand its 71%-owned Kearl Oil Sands Project.

A California company says it has discovered a new way to make liquid fuel from coal without consuming water or producing carbon dioxide.

Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of all outstanding shares in Macarthur Coal Limited and holds 100 percent of the company.

According to a source close to the deal, Chinese-controlled Yancoal Australia has approached Gloucester Coal with a plan to merge their neighbouring coal assets in Australia.

Chiquita has denied that it's boycotting Canada’s oilsands as a fuel source for shipping its fruit. Instead, the company said it’s just expressing a “preference for fuels with lower than normal greenhouse gas footprints wherever possible.” ...

First Uranium said it plans to lay off up to 1,850 employees at its Ezulwini Mine in South Africa.

If the uranium industry was hoping that China would be the tide that floats all boats, it will have to wait longer than expected.

A proposed new coal mine in Queensland is so massive it is likely to do more harm to the local economy than good.