October 12, 2017 Rio Tinto’s $2 billion coal assets attract investor consortium: sources Sale is part of Rio’s planned exit from Australian coal to focus on iron ore, copper and aluminum.
October 11, 2017 Uranium explorer adds mineralization to ‘world-class project’ NexGen Energy Ltd. reported radioactivity results for 22 holes of the on-going summer drilling program on their Rook I property in Athabasca Basin, Sask.
October 11, 2017 Clean mining project shortlisted for $950 million Canadian gov’t funding The CLEER (Clean, Low-energy, Effective, Engaged and Remediated) project focuses on water use, energy intensity and environmental footprint, with aggressive targets of a 50% reduction in each area by 2027.
October 11, 2017 France’s Areva to cut Niger uranium production on price drop Decision is in response to falling uranium prices, a local union leader said.
October 11, 2017 China’s top coke producer to curb output in pollution war Shanxi Coking will trim around 900,000 tonnes of coke and 360,000 tonnes of chemicals from production during the coming winter months.
October 10, 2017 Elliott tours BHP investors in renewed push for radical shake-up – sources Representatives from Elliott have in the last month met with major BHP investors based in London, South Africa and Australia to lay out the activist fund's arguments for an overhaul…
October 9, 2017 Mercury from the northern hemisphere reaches Australia By tracing the air backwards in time, the scientists found that high-mercury air travelled over the Indonesian archipelago before arriving in Australia.
October 9, 2017 Argentinian senator expresses opposition to Canadian miner’s uranium exploration Magdalena Odarda says Blue Sky Uranium's exploration is taking place at sites of paleontological significance.
October 9, 2017 Sherritt International fined $1 million for coal mine spills in Canada Sherritt pleaded guilty in the Provincial Court of Alberta to three counts of contravening the Fisheries Act.
October 8, 2017 Energy East’s death pins the oilsands’ hopes on two pipelines with their own troubles TransCanada Corp.’s cancellation of the Energy East pipeline leaves Canadian oil producers more dependent than ever on the Keystone XL and Trans Mountain proposals, two projects facing ardent opposition in…
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