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Harry Winston among companies ‘kicking the tires’ at Ekati

Luxury jewellery retailer and miner Harry Winston Diamond Corp. is one of several potential buyers of BHP Billiton's Ekati diamond mine in the Canadian north, according to media reports Wednesday.

Andrew Topf | March 15, 2012 | 5:36 am

EU directive aimed at Canadian oilsands threatens energy security: minister

The Canadian Natural Resources Minister defended the oilsands sector against attacks by the European Union today in Kuwait.

Andrew Topf | March 14, 2012 | 10:55 pm

Impala Platinum transferring 51% of mine stake to Zimbabwe’s government called ‘naive and irresponsible’

South Africa's Impala Platinum Holdings (Implats), the world’s second-largest platinum producer by volume, has agreed to transfer 51% of Zimplats, its subsidiary in Zimbabwe, after long-drawn-out negotiations with the government of that country.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 14, 2012 | 3:59 pm

Japan buys US$435m Xstrata’s stake in Canadian coal operations

Japanese JX Nippon Oil & Energy acquired a 25% of diversified miner Xstrata Coal operations in Western Canada for US$435 million, creating a joint venture that will build the business and market coal in Japan.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 14, 2012 | 1:59 pm

China gives miners another scare as $58 billion monthly swing hands it largest trade deficit in 12 years

MarketWatch quotes Nomura economist Zhiwei Zhang as saying: "Overall, economic conditions are getting weaker at a fast pace. The slowdown is happening faster than the government expected."

Frik Els | March 13, 2012 | 12:10 am

Canada’s Gabriel Resources under fire in Romania

Canada’s Gabriel Resources Ltd. (TSX:GBU) became the centre of attention this morning as an important figure of Romania's 1989 revolution, MEP Laszlo Tokes, left his party on Monday over Rosia Montana, a debated gold mine project in north-western Romania.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 12, 2012 | 3:13 pm

Inuit government officially ends 3-year uranium mining moratorium in Canada’s Labrador

The Nunatsiavut Government of Labrador, a regional Inuit government formed in 2005, has officially lifted a three-year-old moratorium on uranium mining on Inuit lands, by enacting its Environmental Protection Act and an amendment to the Labrador Inuit Lands Act, said the body.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 12, 2012 | 2:06 pm

Oilsands producers plan reconstruction of wetlands

lberta's oilsands producers are used to thinking big, and their plans to clean up the mess their mines leave behind are fully in line with the outsized trucks that prowl their pits and the outsized budgets that keep them growing.

Huffington Post Canada | March 11, 2012 | 4:30 pm

LIM raises $71.6 million to develop iron ore projects in Canada

Anglesey Mining said that its 33% owned associate Labrador Iron Mines has raised CAD 71.6 million to finance the development of its iron ore projects in Canada.

Steel Guru | March 11, 2012 | 12:03 am

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