February 19, 2012 Enbridge considering Prince Rupert for Northern Gateway terminus As hearings into the Northern Gateway pipeline continue, Enbridge, the company behind the $5.5 billion project to transport oilsands crude 1,170 kilometres from Brudenheim, Alberta to a new marine terminal…
February 19, 2012 Miners in ore at the prospects of unearthing uranium For more than four decades, geologist Wolfgang Leyh has studied the broad landscape around Broken Hill in western NSW, searching for its buried riches. Too many of his colleagues, he…
February 19, 2012 Greens escalate fight against proposed coal loader The Greens step up a campaign against a fourth coal loader in the Port of Newcastle.
February 19, 2012 Permits approved for new Usibelli Alaska coal mine State permits have been approved for Usibelli Coal Mine's planned development of a new pit mine northeast of Healy.
February 19, 2012 Coal conversion project: KESC strikes $200m accord with HK-based company Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has inked a joint development agreement with the Hong Kong based company, Bright Eagle Enterprises (BEE), for coal conversion project at a cost of $200…
February 19, 2012 Sunshine Oilsands begins offering shares in $605 million IPO Sunshine Oilsands Ltd. will tomorrow begin offering shares in an initial public offering to raise as much as HK$4.69 billion ($605 million), the holder of Canadian oil-sand leases said.
February 19, 2012 104-car coal train derails in western Colorado Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis tells the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel the train was headed from the West Elk Mine in Arco to Kentucky when one of its cars went…
February 19, 2012 Ex Equinox Minerals CEO back on African mining trail WSJ reported that Mr Craig Williams is back in Africa with a new mining venture 7 months after steering Zambia-focused copper producer Equinox Minerals to USD 7.3 billion Canadian dollar…
February 18, 2012 Record high gold prices fail to curb global demand Despite a volatile year for gold prices in 2011, demand for the precious metal still remained strong.
February 17, 2012 Anglo American reports solid 2011 profits thanks to coal and diamonds London-based giant miner Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) announced today record $13.3-billion 2011 earnings, a 23% increase in underlying earnings a share and a 14% increase in annual operating profits to…
Rio Tinto’s fourth-quarter iron ore, copper output beat estimates Despite the comeback performance, Rio Tinto is still in danger of losing the top producer spot to Brazil's Vale. January 20, 2026 | 02:08 pm
