October 17, 2011 Facing ‘dirty’ label, oil patch looks to partners corporate heavyweights in Fort McMurray, Alta., will help to derail a new fuel standard they say discriminates against oil sands crude. Some time in the next few weeks, European nations…
October 17, 2011 Hodges Resources [ASX: HDG] – Drilling identifies thick shallow coal intersections at the Morupule South Coal Project, Botswana Hodges Resources Ltd (ASX: HDG) has announced the initial findings of the drilling currently underway at the Company's Morupule South Coal Project (PL121/2010) in Botswana.* Initial three holes intersect good…
October 17, 2011 A hijacking of the PC Party a grant of $239,000 was dished out to environmental activists to fund "Tipping Point, The Age of Oilsands," an extremely biased and damning examination of oil sands development, which was…
October 17, 2011 New dense medium cyclone offers benefits in coal processing Weir Minerals Africa is poised to go into full production with its fully locally fabricated Cavex® ceramic dense medium (DM) cyclone, developed to offer coal companies around the world an…
October 17, 2011 New version of Gemcom Minex geology and mine planning targets growing number of underground coal mines Gemcom Software International has released Gemcom MinexTM 6.1, the latest version of the industry's only integrated end-to-end software solution designed specifically for stratified deposits. Minex fully integrates all aspects of…
October 16, 2011 Oil: The outlier commodity Eric Reguly, writing in Saturday's Globe and Mail, shines a light of hope on those who have seen the value of their portfolios shredded in the last six months by…
October 16, 2011 6 tips to know before selling gold Know its content: Most businesses buying gold plan to melt it for scrap. That means they are interested only in its precious-metal content. Market prices are based on pure 24-carat…
October 16, 2011 India gold ETF demand likely to explode Demand for gold exchange traded funds (ETF) in India is likely to "explode" as investors get accustomed to "click-and-park" mode of investing, shying away from sagging stock markets and as…
October 16, 2011 Mining protest reaches new heights Protesters made their opposition to coal and coal seam gas mining pretty clear during a mountain-top campaign yesterday.
October 16, 2011 Hong Kong starts trading bullion in yuan to tap ‘triple demand’ Hong Kong’s Chinese Gold & Silver Exchange Society, a century-old bullion bourse, will start trading gold quoted in yuan today, boosting the city’s status as an offshore hub for the…
Vale’s iron ore output hits seven-year high in 2025, surpassing Rio Tinto’s Pilbara Vale's iron ore production for 2025 reached 336.1 million tons, up 2.6% from the previous year. January 27, 2026 | 02:18 pm