June 26, 2011 Gold and silver net longs rise week ended June 21 – CFTC Money managers raised bullish bets in COMEX gold futures and options to the highest level since the week of April 24, as bullion climbed to within $20 of its record…
June 25, 2011 Expansion of oil sands upgrader goes on-stream On May 10, Shell announced the successful start of production from its Scotford Upgrader Expansion project in Canada. The 100,000 barrels-per-day expansion takes upgrading capacity at Scotford to 255,000 barrels-per-day…
June 25, 2011 The dark side of the OECD oil inventory release The IEA in Paris announed on Thursday a release of 60 million barrels from OECD inventories. The implications of this extraordinary action are not positive. Let’s first take a look…
June 25, 2011 Athabasca increases reserves Junior oilsands developer Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. has increased its reserve base by 10 per cent and will more than double its deep basin drilling program in northwestern Alberta, the…
June 25, 2011 Western Australia Labor Party would ban uranium mining West Australia's Labor Party says it will ban uranium mining if it gets elected in 2013. The announcement came Friday in the form of a motion by state AMWU secretary…
June 25, 2011 Schweitzer says Exxon should build megaloads in Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer told ExxonMobil Corp. executives Friday that if they want to make friends in Montana they should construct some of the massive refinery modules destined for the Alberta…
June 25, 2011 $2-B carbon-capture plan for oilsands Millions of tonnes of greenhouse gases coming from Alberta's oilsands will be pumped underground in a new $1.4-billion deal signed Friday by the province, Ottawa and Shell Canada Energy.
June 25, 2011 Oilsands investments will deliver benefits across North America When the Canadian Energy Research Institute (CERI) released its sixth-annual oilsands update in May, it highlighted the bright investment future of the industry. The University of Calgary energy economics think-tank…
June 25, 2011 Nuclear energy and uranium stocks poised to rebound A significant base may be forming in uranium stocks — seen in the Global X Uranium ETF (URA) — as Japan’s troubled nuclear energy industry passed its first major vote…
June 24, 2011 Aspire Mining lifts Ovoot coking coal production targets to 12 million tpa Mongolian-focused coking coal explorer Aspire Mining Limited has lifted production expectations for its Ovoot Coking Coal Project (Ovoot) based on the latest compilation of coal washability test results. Results from…
Column: EV revolution rolls on but battery metals lose their charge It should only be a matter of time before demand momentum absorbs the current supply glut, writes Reuters columnist Andy Home. December 20, 2025 | 06:23 am
