June 11, 2011 Shell to announce major milestone with Minister of Aboriginal Relations and First Nations Leaders Media are invited to Shell Canada's kickoff to Aboriginal Awareness Week (June 13-17) where Lorraine Mitchelmore, Shell Canada President and Country Chair and the Honourable Len Webber, Minister of Aboriginal…
June 11, 2011 Oil sands, world’s largest energy project, faces severe water shortages The oil sands, the world’s largest energy project, will face severe or even catastrophic water shortages due to declining glaciers and snowpack in the Rocky Mountains, warn Canadian water researchers.
June 11, 2011 China coal and oil demand strong but copper appetite sickly in May China showed robust demand for crude oil and coal in May, shrugging off higher prices to boost imports by more than 20 […]
June 10, 2011 Westmoreland declares dividend on preferred stock Westmoreland Coal Company (NasdaqGM: WLB) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a dividend of $0.53125 per depositary share payable on July 1, 2011 to holders of record…
June 10, 2011 CMJ: 4-101 filed for Cardero’s Carbon Creek Canadian Mining Journal reports: Vancouver-based Cardero Resource Corp. has released a 43-101 report for its Carbon Creek metallurgical coal deposit near Chetwynd. The report outlines 114.0 million tonnes of measured…
June 10, 2011 Australian government moving closer to mining profits tax legislation Australia moved closer to introducing a contentious 30 percent mining tax being eyed by other countries, releasing draft laws and seeking reaction from resource companies to legislation expected to be…
June 10, 2011 PM summer doldrums Traders beware, the dreaded precious-metals summer doldrums are now upon us! Summers are barren sentiment wastelands for the entire PM complex. Gold, silver, and the PM stocks tend to grind…
June 10, 2011 Analyst urges caution as First Uranium dips to all-time lows G&M reports on First Uranium’s (TSE:FIU) shares at an all-time low. The market news is quoted as saying: First Uranium lost 9 cents (U.S.) per share in the quarter, 4…
June 10, 2011 S&P raises gold and base metals price assumptions for 2011 Standard & Poor’s has raised its metals price assumptions for 2011 and beyond, citing the increased volatility of the markets but worries […]
June 10, 2011 Commodity prices should snap higher in H2, dollar unlikely to recover until 2012 – Morgan Stanley Ron Leven of Morgan Stanley has recently delivered a presentation under the auspice of ETF Securities Ltd. in which he outlined his […]
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