January 5, 2012 China builds first 200-million-ton coal base Shenhua Shendong Coal Group Corporation produced 202 million tons of commercial coal in 2011, becoming the first 200-million-ton commercial coal production base in China.
January 5, 2012 Areva eyes stake in UK-based uranium enricher – paper A Dutch paper reported on Thursday that France's Areva is eyeing a stake in UK-based uranium enrichment company Urenco.
January 4, 2012 Scientists worry about a greenhouse feedback loop as the permafrost warms up Given that the earth's temperature is rising, sciencetists are investigating if gases trapped in the permafrost are going to be released and what effect it will this have on the…
January 3, 2012 Cameco announces breakthrough of second shaft at Cigar Lake Cameco (TSX:CCO) (NYSE:CCJ) announced today it has reached the main mine workings with the second shaft at the Cigar Lake uranium mining project in northern Saskatchewan. Miners removed the final…
January 3, 2012 Gold is back above $1,600/oz; TSX is up two percent Gold started the year right climbing above $1,600, and miners were cheered seeing the S&P/TSX Composite Index gaining over two percent.
January 3, 2012 $72B in lost revenue at stake in B.C. Northern Gateway pipeline Oil producers could lose $72 billion over nine years if a pipeline to carry Alberta bitumen to the West Coast isn’t built, […]
January 3, 2012 Uranium in a Post-Fukushima World December saw several new reports about the earthquake- and tsunami-induced Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, so we thought it might be useful to assess what these new reports add to our…
January 3, 2012 PetroChina takes over Canadian oil sands project Canadian oil producer Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. (TSX: ATH) has exercised its option to sell its remaining 40 per cent interest in the MacKay River oil sands project to Cretaceous,…
January 1, 2012 Molycorp CEO Doubles Down On Shares Even As The Market Doubts Increase On August 15th, Mark Smith, the president and CEO of rare earth producer Molycorp (MCP), made one of the strangest insider purchases I have ever observed. Just two months earlier…
BHP ships Jimblebar iron ore to Malaysia, Vietnam as China ban stalls sales BHP has been offering more discounts for its iron ore including the Jimblebar fines to try to facilitate sales in China. January 23, 2026 | 07:19 am