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Maybe dirty, certainly cheap: Canadian crude crashes through $60 a barrel

A $40 discount to the global oil price, competition from Bakken shale oil, rising labour costs, pipeline problems and overproduction put in jeopardy billions of dollars of oil sands projects.

Frik Els | June 5, 2012 | 12:13 am

U.S. grants Zimbabwe officials visas for blood diamond meet despite rights concerns, sanctions

The Obama administration has granted visas to two senior officials from Zimbabwe to attend a meeting of an international body charged with monitoring and preventing the sale of blood diamonds, despite human rights concerns and financial sanctions against the pair.

Washington Post | June 4, 2012 | 5:39 pm

Canada’s metals and mining companies are all smiles: survey

The first Canadian mid-market chief financial officer (CFO) survey published today by GE Capital, shows that local metals and mining companies are extremely positive about the current state of the industry, but less optimistic about the state of the world economy.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 4, 2012 | 5:24 pm

Canadian Matamec sets up rare earths pilot plant at Quebec project

Junior miner Matamec Explorations, currently developing the Kipawa rare earths project in western Quebec, Canada, said on Monday it had started a pilot plant to enable the continuous processing of ore samples.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 4, 2012 | 3:13 pm

First Nations point fingers after finding two deformed fish in Lake Athabasca

Members of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) are publicizing two deformed fish they caught in Lake Athabasca on Wednesday, intimating destruction of fish habitat from oil sands operations up river.

Michael Allan McCrae | June 2, 2012 | 4:34 pm

Nautilus dispute with Papua New Guinea to delay or even cancel underwater mining dreams

Canada-based Nautilus Minerals Inc. said its Solwara 1 underwater copper project could be delayed or even cancelled due to a dispute with Papua New Guinea over the mine ownership agreement.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 1, 2012 | 4:33 pm

Bolivia to decide Canadian South American Silver mine’s future based on indigenous referendum

Bolivia’s President Evo Morales announced he will consult the indigenous communities of the Altiplano before authorizing the eventual exploitation of the silver and indium deposit of Mallku Khota, currently under exploration by Canadian South American Silver (TSX:SAC).

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 1, 2012 | 3:55 pm

Chile’s mining future jeopardized by delay in Patagonia $7 billion dam project

Chile, the top copper producer in the world, will not be able to keep mining for the red metal, gold and other minerals if the country doesn’t find a solution to the pressing energy needs, experts believe.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 1, 2012 | 1:25 pm

Canada’s oil and gas industry will need to fill at least 9,500 jobs by 2015

Canada's oil and gas industry will need to fill a minimum of 9,500 jobs by 2015, according to a report released today by the Petroleum Human Resources Council of Canada.

Petroleum Human Resources Council of Canada | May 31, 2012 | 7:21 pm

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