Green, social and sustainability bonds to reach $400 billion in 2020

A team of scientists is warning that current level of water used by oil sands producers may not be sustainable.

Worries over China's growth and its impact on commodity prices prompted broker downgrades for some of the industry’s biggest names.

Development of the mine, halted by politics and weak government institutions, reflects the resource curse as Mongolia’s Parliament failed to transfer ownership of the coal mine.

According to environmental scientist Peter Erskine, Australia will be left with a bill running into tens of billions of dollars unless the government starts taking mine rehabilitation seriously.

The company reported a £1.2 million pre-tax loss in the first six months of 2015, widening from the £191,000 loss reported a year earlier.

The Vancouver-based miner has sold 30% of the company to La Mancha Holding in a deal that will grant it a majority stake in the massive Ity gold mine, in Côte d’Ivoire.

The project is expected to boost output in northern Alberta by 180,000 barrels a day, with production set to begin by the fourth quarter of 2017.

The company's president, Kelvin Dushnisky, said he expects the imminent sale of six U.S. assets to close before the end of the year.

“We wanted to make sure the development of maintenance continues as it had before, and we saw that Quant has the capability to continue this development.”