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Crystallex files for bankruptcy protection and loses TSE listing

Crystallex International received protection today under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act of Canada, and the company will also be delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange next month.

Michael Allan McCrae | December 24, 2011 | 7:05 am

Which gold and silver stocks does Dr. Ron Paul favor?

Total Return, The Wall Street Journal’s personal-finance blog, recently reviewed presidential candidate Dr. Ron Paul’s (R-TX) investment portfolio.

Eric McWhinnie - Wall Street Cheat Sheet | December 23, 2011 | 9:12 pm

Cabo Drilling posts record quarterly earnings

North Vancouver-based Cabo Drilling Corp. (TSX-V:CBE) has posted a 200% increase in earnings for 2012’s first quarter.

Business in Vancouver | December 23, 2011 | 8:18 pm

Canadian regulator approves Enbridge’s $180 million Bakken pipeline

Canada's energy and pipeline regulator has approved an application by Enbridge to build a $180 million pipeline to move oil out of the pipeline-constrained Bakken oil play.

Andrew Topf | December 23, 2011 | 8:02 pm

Chiquita tries to peel back oil sands pledge

After Chiquita told ForestEthics that it would quit using oil sands derived fuel to truck its bananas, the fruit company is assuring upset truckers that the company, while committed to going green, that will adopt a go slow approach.

Michael Allan McCrae | December 23, 2011 | 6:49 pm

EPA now unsure of link between between water contamination and hydraulic fracturing

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson, who was appointed by Obama in 2008, says that the Pavillion study in Wyoming that found water contamination from hydraulic fracturing may need another look.

Michael Allan McCrae | December 23, 2011 | 4:31 pm

Gold steady in shortened session but Christmas rally spied

Gold has risen between Christmas and New Year in 8 of the last nine years, if the trend continues the yellow metal could end the year around $1,650.

Mineweb | December 23, 2011 | 4:22 pm

Copper order in Mongolia awarded to FLSmidth

FLSmidth has been awarded a contract worth approximately USD 105m (approximately DKK 600m) from the Mongolian company, Mongolyn Alt (MAK) Group, to supply a greenfield copper concentrator for a mine some 500 kilometres from the capital city Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Michael Allan McCrae | December 23, 2011 | 4:09 pm

China announces discovery of massive coal deposit

The discovery of a massive new coal reserve in Xinjiang Uygur is hoped will help meet China's coal requirements, which are set to grow to 1 gigaton during the 12th 5-year plan.

Mineweb | December 23, 2011 | 2:42 pm

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