Energy

August 27, 2012

Split Coal India says government panel

A government board is suggesting to split India’s state-owned Coal India Ltd (NSE:COALINDIA), the world’s largest coal producer, or at least allow joint venture partners to foster competition in the…

August 27, 2012

India takes its coal mines back

India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday the government has already initiated the process of cancelling mines to companies that failed to develop them.

August 27, 2012

BHP sells Australia’s mammoth uranium deposit

BHP Billiton (LON/ASX/NYSE:BHP) took Monday another step away from resource expansion in Australia, particularly in the uranium sector. The world's number one miner announced it's selling one of the country's…

August 26, 2012

The oil sands first champion

The Globe and Mail profiles Ned Gilbert, once a low-ranking employee in the early '50s in a remote field office in Alberta who saw great potential in the oil sands.

August 26, 2012

A pity prosperity depends on mining

Reducing mining investment is not collateral damage from the carbon tax: it is integral to achieving its objective of shrinking the carbon […]

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