October 26, 2011

Obama puts off Keystone decision. Quelle surprise.

The US state department's anonymous leak to the media on Tuesday lowering expectations about a decision on Keystone this year should not come as a surprise to anyone following Barack…

October 26, 2011

Oil sands considered at this year’s Ransom Myers Memorial Lecture

the big question that David Schindler, professor of ecology from the University of Alberta, asked of the Albertan oil sands development in this year’s Random Myers Memorial Lecture, held at…

October 26, 2011

State dept official: we probably won’t make Keystone decision this year

On top of a 3.3% decline in US crude oil prices on Wednesday comes news from Reuters that a US State Department official said the year-end target to approve the…

October 26, 2011

Investors applaud Sherritt’s pace building world’s biggest nickel mine, stock jumps 10%

Canada's number one coal producer and world-leading nickel miner, Sherritt jumped 10.2% on Wednesday after reporting a doubling of quarterly net earnings and good progress at its massive Ambatovy project…

October 26, 2011

China to account for 27.5 pct of terminal energy consumption by 2020

Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for updates China to account for 27.5% of terminal energy consumption by 2020 Read more : terminal energy consumption,china,coal,new and renewable energy department,electricity regulatory…

October 26, 2011

Peabody takes control at Mac Coal

US coal giant Peabody Energy wasted no time asserting control at Macarthur Coal yesterday installing its former Australian managing director Julian Thornton as chief executive. The rapid transition accompanied an…

October 26, 2011

British Columbia’s exploration expenditures increased twenty fold since 2001

In the last decade spending on exploration in British Columbia has increased 20 fold. It was another bright spot for British Columbia's mining sector, as covered in PricewaterhouseCoopers' industry survey.…

October 26, 2011

Queensland to protect farmland from mining

Legislation introduced in the Queensland state parliament could have a negative impact on mining. The bill, the first of its kind to be introduced in Australia, bans mines that would…

October 26, 2011

Mongolia needs coal deal in 3 mths to ensure IPO goes ahead – MP

A contentious investment agreement on Mongolia's huge Tavan Tolgoi coal deposit needs to be completed within three months to ensure that a much-heralded initial public offering for the project goes…

October 26, 2011

30 thermal power plants in India including NTPC and Reliance Power have coal stock for just four days

Coal stocks at India's thermal power plants are critically low on the eve of Diwali, and will not improve unless coal supplies are stepped up significantly.