While coal and iron ore are struggling, major mining suppliers like Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT), Komatsu (KMTUY:PK) and Liebherr were bullish enough to splash […]
It will be 12 to 18 months before there will even be any signs of a recovery in the eastern US coal sector says Monty Boyd, a major Caterpillar supplier for the region.
With record low natural gas prices and utilities switching to coal to take advantage, MINING.com asked Uranium Energy’s (NYSEAMEX:UEC) CEO Amir Adnani last month whether uranium is also struggling under the fracking revolution.
Peter Julian, Canada's natural resources critic, claims that the mining sector has lost jobs over the last 10 years and would like to right the resource sector by pushing it toward more value-added work.
Following the shift in provincial policy after the Quebec provincial election, the Harper government said on Friday that it will no longer oppose international efforts to put asbestos on a list of hazardous substances.
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (NYSE:POT) announced on Thursday that it was increasing the the company's quarterly cash dividend from 14 cents per share to 21 cents per share.
