Bangladesh has signed a deal with an Indian state-run company to build a $1.5-billion coal-fired power plant to help ease a severe shortage.

CALGARY - Canadian Oil Sands Limited, the biggest owner of the Syncrude oilsands project in northern Alberta, reports higher profits and a big jump in revenues for its latest quarter. The Calgary company reported

An expected move by the Federal Reserve to take new steps to stimulate the economy had little impact on gold prices Wednesday.

Dundee Precious Metals Inc. (TSX:DPM) said Thursday that stronger metal prices were not enough to offset higher expenses and a weaker U.S. dollar as its second-quarter profit narrowed considerably from last year.

President Obama was asked about oil sands at an energy town hall today in Pennsylvania. He said it was a “good thing” to get oil from friendly and stable countries such as Canada, but said he would not pre-judge the State Department permit process for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta to the Gulf Coast.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Financial pressures may have led a New Zealand coal mining operation to overextend itself before an explosion killed 29 workers last year, an energy executive testified Monday at an inquiry into the country's worst mine disaster