January 29, 2018 Canada’s Fort Hills oil sands project delivers first bitumen Project is on track to reach 90% of capacity — or 194,000 barrels per day — by the end of the year.
January 28, 2018 As global economy hums, Davos turns bullish on commodities "We have not seen this kind of growth since before the global financial crisis."
January 26, 2018 South Africa’s RBCT says 2017 coal exports at record high RBCT, Africa's largest coal export facility, said it aimed to export at least 77 million tonnes this year.
January 26, 2018 Union, Colombia’s Cerrejon mine return to talks in bid to avoid strike A 10-day voting period for union members to decide whether to stop work after failed talks ends on Monday afternoon.
January 25, 2018 Teck says Elkview incident to cost 200,000 tonnes in production This comes a week after the miner reported a "significant pressure" event at the mine.
January 25, 2018 Canada’s Gahcho Kue diamond mine boosts Anglo American output, but copper flat The company beat expectations on Thursday with a 5% increase in 2017 production.
January 25, 2018 Caterpillar beats estimates again, delivers bullish outlook for 2018 The world's largest mining and construction equipment maker beat market expectations for fourth quarter earnings and said its sales growth momentum is expected to continue in 2018.
January 24, 2018 Rio Tinto and two former top execs must face fraud charges — SEC SEC will push ahead with the prosecution of the company, former chief executive Tom Albanese and ex-chief financial officer Guy Elliott over alleged attempts to cover up multi-billion losses on…
January 23, 2018 France’s Areva rebrands to Orano in dire uranium market French uranium mining group Areva closing the book on a years-long restructuring but still facing an uncertain future, with uranium prices at decade lows.
January 23, 2018 Russia to invest $250 million in uranium exploration, production in Argentina Agreement includes Russia’s state nuclear agency Rosatom commitment to build a nuclear power station in the South American country.
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