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Cape Breton massive coal mine looking for workers… in Alberta

Halifax-based Kameron Coal is looking for people with experience in room and pillar mining.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 4, 2016 | 9:20 am

China rings in 2016 with a stock market crash

Gold and oil benefited from the collapse, while base metals…

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 4, 2016 | 7:50 am

Veteran investor Rick Rule reveals a unique arbitrage opportunity

Rick praises innovative precious metals streams on base metal projects…

The Gold Report | January 4, 2016 | 3:21 am

B.C. mulls rescue as miners struggle

Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett rang in 2016 with…

Vancouver Sun | January 4, 2016 | 2:00 am

BC mining companies may get help paying for electricity

BC Hydro expects to raise rates by 28% over the…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 31, 2015 | 10:08 am

Lack of water on the moon may drive thorium energy

Thorium, a touted alternative to uranium energy, may get an entirely different push to broader usage: scientist trying to come up with a technology that could power a future moon colony.

Michael Allan McCrae | March 18, 2012 | 9:20 pm

Rio Tinto still bullish on China growth

Mr Tom Albanese CEO of Rio Tinto as saying that company has shrugged off concerns about a slow down in Chinese demand for commodities, reiterating its faith in the Asian superpower's industrialization.

Steel Guru | March 18, 2012 | 10:35 am

Bruce Power nuclear unit to restart after 17 years

Regulators have cleared Unit 2 of the Bruce A nuclear power plant in Ontario to restart after a nearly two-decade-long slumber.

CBC Ottawa | March 16, 2012 | 10:20 pm

Unfilled jobs in Canada’s north are about to meet B.C.’s welfare recipients

Able-bodied welfare recipients in southern British Columbia will receive moving and training assistance so they can fill jobs in Northern B.C.

Michael Allan McCrae | March 16, 2012 | 4:31 pm

Korea Resources wants at least 10% of world’s largest met coal deposit

State-run Korea Resources Corp. (KORES) is planning to invest at least US$532 million (600 billion won) in mining projects abroad this yea, particularly in the coal sector of Indonesia and North America, reports Bloomberg.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 16, 2012 | 1:34 pm

Lots of oil, lots of work but no women

Business Insider profiles Williston, North Dakota, a town that is booming due to the North American oil rush, but suddenly the town finds that it has very few women due to an inflow of men rushing in to fill heavy industrial jobs.

Michael Allan McCrae | March 15, 2012 | 4:08 pm

Northern B.C. economy set to overtake Metro Vancouver

Northern B.C. is about to pass Metro Vancouver for economic growth, according to a new forecast by Central 1 Credit Union.

Business in Vancouver | March 15, 2012 | 11:38 am

Judge ‘outraged’ at outcome of Utah mine collapse

A federal judge said Wednesday he was outraged over a plea deal that settles criminal charges against the operator of a Utah coal mine that experienced two lethal cave-ins in 2007 that killed nine people.

STLtoday.com | March 15, 2012 | 1:31 am

EU directive aimed at Canadian oilsands threatens energy security: minister

The Canadian Natural Resources Minister defended the oilsands sector against attacks by the European Union today in Kuwait.

Andrew Topf | March 14, 2012 | 10:55 pm

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