October 20, 2011

China, Taiwan sign nuclear safety accord

Taiwan and mainland China have signed a cross-Strait cooperation agreement on nuclear safety and emergency reporting during the seventh round of talks between the two sides in the past three…

October 20, 2011

Ride gets rougher as Rio Tinto bids for Hathor

Rio Tinto has announced it is making a cash offer for Canadian uranium exploration company Hathor Exploration, would-be developer of the Roughrider project. Hathor's board is recommending its shareholders accept…

October 20, 2011

Aecon wins $132 million oil sands fabrication contracts

Aecon Group Inc.’s Industrial West Division has been awarded two contracts worth $132 million for fabrication and module assembly work for an un-named oil sands operator in Fort McMurray, Alta.…

October 20, 2011

Province pays BC uranium company $30m for mining rights

Boss Power Corp. has agreed to surrender to the Province of British Columbia all claims to its uranium exploration and mining rights at the Blizzard Uranium Deposit in the Kamloops-Kelowna…

October 20, 2011

NDP leader wades into foreign-worker issue at oilsands project

Brian Mason, the leader of the Alberta NDP party, is criticizing Premier-elect Alison Redford for failing to prevent 200 oilsands workers for losing their jobs to temporary foreign workers. According…

October 20, 2011

Coal of Africa shares jump on Vele licence decision

Shares in Coal of Africa jumped as much as 21 percent on Wednesday after South Africa lifted the suspension of a key licence at its Vele colliery, allowing the miner…

October 19, 2011

House votes to leave coal ash management to states, not EPA

On Friday, following passage of a bill to delay Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)–promulgated Boiler MACT rules, the U.S. House of Representatives also passed the Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act…

October 19, 2011

Indian quarry operator selects Atlas Copco for greater productivity

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October 19, 2011

‘Peabody Energy and ArcelorMittal must decide whether to take action on their joint bid for Macarthur Coal’

The joint bidders for Macarthur coal must soon make a decision Source: Bloomberg PEABODY Energy and ArcelorMittal must today decide whether or not to take any action to try to…

October 19, 2011

Over one in ten Brits have a gold stash worth more than what they have in the bank

According to a new survey by esure home insurance British distrust of banks and savings accounts has increased to such an extent that more than one in ten in the…