December 6, 2018

Losing licence to operate new and biggest threat to miners — EY

Mining companies across the globe now consider the risk of losing their licence to operate as the biggest risk to their businesses in the next two years

December 6, 2018

Trump administration to lift barriers to build new coal plants

The EPA has announced plans to roll back an Obama-era rule that requires new coal plants to capture their carbon emissions.

December 5, 2018

Vancouver miner buys cobalt-vanadium-uranium project in Saskatchewan

Searchlight Resources wants to take advantage of the increased interest in battery technology.

December 4, 2018

The Saudi dilemma: To cut or not to cut

To cut and push up prices or not to cut and preserve market share.

December 4, 2018

Glasenberg eyes successor as Glencore readies new generation

Glasenberg, a workaholic, straight-talking South African who has become the public face of the commodity trading industry, has led Glencore for nearly two decades.

December 4, 2018

Ivan Glasenberg places a dirty $36B bet: Chris Bryant

Glencore’s coal business should be a license to print money for several more years.

December 3, 2018

Glasenberg says he’ll stay for 3 to 5 years: Glencore Update

"When I go I hope it’ll be a 45-year-old who’ll take over," Glasenberg said

December 3, 2018

Suncor Energy weighing impact of Alberta’s mandatory oil production cuts for next year

Canada's largest oil and gas producer by market capitalization said the exact impact will be unveiled when it issues its 2019 capital and production.

December 1, 2018

Next year’s challenge for Canada’s oil patch comes from the sea

A new rule taking effect in 2020 aimed at reducing pollution by cutting the sulfur content of maritime fuel will make sulfur-heavy oil sands crude less desirable.

November 30, 2018

Indigenous rights ‘invisible’ as Ecuador pushes mining, oil projects: U.N.

Days before Tauli-Corpuz arrived in Ecuador, indigenous groups and about 2,000 protesters marched in the capital Quito and handed the national assembly a proposed law that would ban large metal-mining…