Japanese trader offloads $1 billion Canadian coal mine for $1

Marubeni Corp., a Japanese trader that with a partner bought Canada’s Grande Cache Coal Corp. for about $1-billion (U.S.) three years ago, will dispose it for a nominal $1 to a Hong Kong mining investor.

Globe and Mail | October 1, 2014 | 5:24 pm

Gold price tipping point threatens mining operations

The price of gold, down more than a third in three years, is approaching the tipping point where the mining industry would see a spike in the number of producers reducing output or even shutting down operations.

Globe and Mail | September 28, 2014 | 8:51 pm

Rockefeller fund to divest oil sands, coal investments

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund, one of oilman John D. Rockefeller’s financial legacies, intends to immediately sell its oil sands and coal investments, arguing that the industries are two of the world’s most intense source of carbon emissions and that clashes with the charitable foundation’s desire to curb climate change.

Globe and Mail | September 23, 2014 | 2:41 pm

How much does it really cost to mine an ounce of gold?

A scan of major gold producers’ earnings suggests the cost of mining gold has risen dramatically over the past few years.

Globe and Mail | September 21, 2014 | 8:03 pm

The ironies of shipping U.S. coal from B.C.

The latest battleground for U.S. President Barack Obama’s so-called war on coal isn’t even in the lower 48 states. It’s across the border in British Columbia.

Globe and Mail | September 8, 2014 | 2:41 pm

Canada needs to refine its oil sands ambitions

Despite European hostility toward “dirty” oil from Canada, refiners there may look more to Alberta for supply as price differentials and sanctions on Russia whet their appetite.

Globe and Mail | August 12, 2014 | 3:16 pm

Gold miners to slash reserves as price drop forces revision

After years of costly mistakes, the new chief executives of Barrick Gold Corp. and Kinross Gold Corp. have ushered in an era of austerity in the precious metal sector.

Globe and Mail | February 10, 2014 | 12:53 pm

The most important issue facing the potash industry

Global potash demand has not grown as expected, which is creating a number of issues for the industry.

Globe and Mail | August 20, 2013 | 10:01 pm

Gold stocks to surge as much as 90% in 2013: fund manager

Gold will surge to new highs this year, a push upward that will cause a big rally in the depressed shares of precious metals miners, says John Hathaway, portfolio manager at New-York based Tocqueville gold fund.

Globe and Mail | January 14, 2013 | 7:07 pm

Study finds little environmental impact from oil sands

In 2010, a single oil-sands operation run by Suncor Energy released into the atmosphere 28,940 tonnes of volatile organic compounds, 22,210 tonnes of sulphur dioxide and 14,011 tonnes of particulate matter.

Globe and Mail | October 10, 2012 | 3:24 pm

Protect Canadian ownership of oil sands firms, executives urge

Top oil industry executives are asking Ottawa for rules to protect Canadian ownership of major oil sands companies from a flood of foreign investment expected in the sector.

Globe and Mail | September 26, 2012 | 3:47 pm

Large Brazilian mining deal almost lost in translation

It’s an underwriter’s worst nightmare: you launch a bought deal, making you liable for any unsold shares, and then some shocking news about the company comes out. That exact scenario played out this week for Belo Sun Mining Corp. (TSX:BSX).

Globe and Mail | September 21, 2012 | 2:22 pm

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