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US uranium production hits lowest in 10 years

Depressed prices are to blame, says the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 23, 2016 | 10:20 am

Canada’s Ontario the slowest to issue exploration permits — report

Growing wait times for permits may hinder Canada's ability to take advantage of its considerable mineral potential, warn experts.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 23, 2016 | 8:20 am

Dominion Diamond upbeat on ‘positive’ pre-feasibility study for new Sable mine

The Sable kimberlite pipe, for which permitting is already in place, could see mining beginning in 2019.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 22, 2016 | 1:30 pm

Zimbabwe orders diamond miners to halt operations

Companies have been told to leave behind equipment and vacate their premises.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 22, 2016 | 6:56 am

Barrick to spend about $2 billion in US, Peru gold projects

The world’s largest gold miner also said it would redeem up to $750 million in notes to help cut debt by at least $2bn this year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 22, 2016 | 5:15 am

Crude prices to remain depressed until 2017 even with oil sands coming to ‘standstill’ — IEA

Last year, the agency had forecast a "relatively swift" recovery. Instead, oil prices have continued to fall, hitting less than $30 a barrel, a level last seen in 2003.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 22, 2016 | 3:13 am

Decline of coal demand is ‘irreversible’

Goldman Sachs report is the latest in a long line of grim warnings, all of which point to a future of shuttered power plants, mine closures, and bankruptcies.

Oilprice.com | February 19, 2016 | 1:00 am