May 21, 2014 Copper miner Antofagasta optimistic despite challenging short-term market conditions After a difficult 2013, the group says it's now in a period of consolidation, but warns it will continue to focus on reducing costs.
May 18, 2014 MIT developing platinum replacement A team of scientists is working on a process to replace platinum-group metals (PGMs) with more widely available elements.
May 9, 2014 Coal-producing Wyoming becomes first state to reject climate school lessons The new science curriculum, proposed by national education groups, was discarded because it regarded man-made climate change as a possibility.
May 7, 2014 Stanford University waves its coal mining shares good-bye It is largest and most prestigious US educational institution to join the growing number of colleges divesting from fossil fuels.
May 1, 2014 Reading, writing and LNG: B.C. education to be retooled for job skills Under the plan, elementary school students will be introduced to hands-on learning earlier; education and training will retooled to "better match in-demand jobs."
May 1, 2014 UNESCO to place Great Barrier in high risk list unless Australia steps up protection efforts The UN body is especially worried about Australia's decision to allow dredging and dumping of 3 million tonnes of dredge spoil in reef waters, as part of a coal port…
April 26, 2014 Eric Angeli: Most economists ignoring cracks in the system “The apparent recovery of the last few years has not been confirmed by the data available -- in fact it has been just the opposite."
April 7, 2014 Rio Tinto walks away from massive Pebble copper-gold project Rio becomes the second large diversified miner, after Anglo American, to back out of the project in less than seven months.
April 4, 2014 Canpotex sells potash to India at 7-year low price The price of the soil nutrient is down 25% in a year.
March 26, 2014 Suncor can’t randomly drug test employees, panel rules Panel rules the program would be an unreasonable invasion of privacy.
Krypton in zircon grains reveals landscapes’ history and potential future, researchers say By measuring the krypton, the Curtin University team was able to work out how long zircon grains spent near the Earth’s surface before they were buried, like a ‘cosmic clock’. January 16, 2026 | 12:40 pm
