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…
June 24, 2011 Capital Mining drilling detects uranium and vanadium at Mundaerno South Project Capital Mining (ASX:CMY) announced that initial drilling at the Mundaerno South project in South Australia has indicated uranium and vanadium mineralization. The press release is quoted as saying: Capital Mining…
June 24, 2011 Foggy forecasts for Australia’s coal mining industry Australia continues to struggle to recover from some of the worst flooding on record, which has had knock-on effects to the mining industry as coal export forecasts have been cut…
June 24, 2011 Possible partners intrigued by Athabasca’s serendipitous Leduc oil find Potential joint-venture partners have been intrigued by a hefty oil discovery Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. made by way of happy accident, said the company's top executive.
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