Shares of Mosaic Co. (MOS-N50.430.150.30%) dipped Thursday in the first trading since the U.S. fertilizer company with big operations and profile in Saskatchewan cut its production outlook for phosphate over the next few months.

The precious metals that were supposed to provide a haven in times of economic turmoil are rapidly losing their lustre as the year draws to a close.

Weapons-grade uranium that for years has been transported north into Canada from the United States is now being quietly returned over the […]

TransCanada Corp.’s (TRP-T44.100.050.11%) controversial Keystone XL pipeline faces a growing risk of rejection after U.S. congressional leaders reached a deal late Thursday for a vote on a payroll tax bill that would force President Barack Obama to make a quick decision about the pipeline’s fate.

Copper output from some of the world's top miners edged higher in the third quarter, a resilient result from an underperforming industry that has had to endure numerous supply-side shocks during the first nine months of the year.

Warburg Pincus LLC, one of the world’s oldest and largest private equity firms, wants to do more deals in Canada’s oil sands. In a rare interview, Charles (Chip) Kaye, co-president of the New York-based firm, said he thinks the U.S. government’s decision to postpone approval of TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL pipeline was shortsighted. And it will in no way diminish Warburg Pincus’s appetite for oil sands investments.

How an activist nun in eastern India lost her life while organizing impoverished aboriginals against mining company interests.

Mariana Resources Ltd. (MRY-T0.210.0743.33%) has agreed to sell a nearly 20-per-cent stake in the mining company to AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. for about $8.5-million (U.S.) through a private placement.

The Globe & Mail reports this week, British Columbia premier Christy Clark announced during her China trade mission that she has secured $860 million in financing to build a coal mine in northeast BC near Hudson’s Hope which will eventually create 4,800 jobs. What Clark didn’t mention is the hitch: The proposed Gething mine would be built in the West Moberly First Nation’s territory. The province knows full well that the native band – one of a small number with a treaty in BC – opposes the plan.

The most dramatic effect of MF Global’s bankruptcy is being felt on the other side of the world from the company’s New York offices. Sheep farmers in Australia woke up on Tuesday morning to discover their wool futures market had closed down.

The outlook for the palladium sector is not so grim despite slowing demand for the white metal from Asia’s auto industry, says Raymond James analyst Bart Jaworski.

First nations leaders say the are experiencing an unsettling sense of déja vu as they resume the fight against a massive gold mining project in British Columbia that was rejected by the federal government last year after a scathing environmental assessment.