June 27, 2011 Shell secures $876m for first oil sands upgrader carbon capture facility Shell has signed an agreement with the Alberta and Canadian governments to ensure $865 million in funding is plugged into a project to capture and store some 1 million tonnes…
June 27, 2011 The wandering workforce: why FIFO is the best model for our mining sector One of the most debated issues in regional Australia today is the mining industry practice of fly-in-fly-out operations. It is a particularly interesting issue in Western Australia because there was…
June 27, 2011 Chinese miners plunge as reverse-listing contagion spreads Iron, zinc and coal miner China Natural Resources shed 20% of its value on the Nasdaq stock exchange in morning trade on Monday in the absence of any fresh news…
June 27, 2011 What’s the endgame for the Arab spring? The many “typical” issues with downside potential that markets have been dealing are still some ways away from sufficient resolution to calm markets. One that has slipped off the economic…
June 27, 2011 S&P put in tentative bottom It was another wild week with no real direction in markets and precious metals are breaking down.
June 27, 2011 Statoil production milestone in Canada Norway's energy producer Statoil announces that its Leismer Demonstration Project (LDP) in northern Alberta, Canada, has achieved a production milestone of one million accumulated barrels of oil, Norway Post reported.
June 27, 2011 Man survives being hit by coal train A 26-year-old man is lucky to be alive after he was struck by a train at Murphys Creek early yesterday morning. He […]
June 27, 2011 29 Miners and Massey’s Coal Crimes It was Easter Weekend 2010 when 33-year-old Gary Quarles—a skilled miner with 14 years experience and a father of two— and an “up and coming” miner, Nicolas McCroskey, 26, were…
June 27, 2011 Financial alchemist who has been exposed as a seller of fool’s gold Andrew Scott always considered himself a trailblazer. In his heyday, the financial alchemist and boss of Centro Properties seemed capable of conjuring colossal profits from thin air as he scoured…
June 27, 2011 You will be baffled by the action taken by the EU leaders when you understand how dire the financial situation is in Greece. After 15 consecutive years of economic growth, Greece entered a recession in 2009. Greece's GDP growth has also, as an average, since the early 1990s been higher than the EU…
BNP backs gold price to hit $6,000 as rally ‘makes sense’ The gold-silver ratio, while still lower than its two-year average in the 80s, has bounced back, said Wilson, BNP’s director of commodities strategy. February 10, 2026 | 03:14 pm
