Transition Metals to acquire Cryderman gold project in Ontario

China National Offshore Oil Corp's (CNOOC) believes its proposed $15.1 billion takeover of Canadian oil producer Nexen Inc. (TSX & NYSE:NXY) should go ahead without major hiccups as talks with provincial leaders reaffirmed the country values China as an investor in its oil sands sector.

British Columbia, Canada's most western province, will employ over 16,700 mining professionals in the next 10 years according to a report released Wednesday by the Mining Industry Human Resources Council (MiHR) in partnership with the BC Mining HR Task Force.

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.

Vancouver's Goldquest Mining (TSX.V:GQC) has dived 33% on heavy trading following the release of fresh drill results which fell below expectations.

Twenty miners are trapped underground due to a fire at PotashCorp’s Rocanville mine in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, about 230 kilometres east of Regina

State-own Indian oil company Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) denied Tuesday that, together with two other state-run oil firms, bid $5 billion for a stake in six Canadian oil sands assets owned by U.S. energy giant ConocoPhillips, as several media outlets reported Monday.

If you had any doubts over what mining giant Rio Tinto (ASX, LON:RIO) thinks about coal and small operations, today’s news should make it clear. The Anglo-Australian miner has agreed to sell two minor coal assets in South Africa to Canadian Forbes & Manhattan Coal for $53 million

A 50 million year old fossil has been uncovered in the Ekati diamond mine in Canada's Northwest Territories.

Transition Metals (TSX.V:XTM) CEO Scott McLean gave an interview to MINING.com following the company’s unveiling of promising new gold assay results for its properties in the Abitibi Greenstone belt.