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…

October 8, 2017

New program in Queensland aims to attract 3,000 new mining jobs

The Queensland Government is getting behind a pilot program that, together with an industry group, is hoping to bring thousands of mining equipment and services positions to the Bowen Basin…

October 8, 2017

Chinese companies to build 700 coal plants in and outside China

Of all the new coal generation expected to go online over the next decade, Chinese companies will build nearly half of it.

October 8, 2017

Australians protest Carmichael coal mine in ‘national day of action’

Australians opposed to the Adani Group's Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin of Queensland expressed their displeasure at the project on Saturday.

October 6, 2017

Russia takes advantage of China’s North Korea coal ban

As North Korean imports of anthracite coal have waned with sanctions, those from Russia have soared.

October 6, 2017

In the heart of China’s coal country, a city bans most coal

The ban took effect from Sunday and restricts most companies and individuals from selling, transporting or burning coal in the urban area of Taiyuan.

October 5, 2017

Huge increase in BC exports of met coal this year

Recovery in exports for steelmaking coal in BC- global economy is looking good out to 2020.

October 4, 2017

CHARTS: Mining’s 2017 rally forecast to fizzle out

Consensus forecasts point to double digit declines for the platinum, zinc, copper and lead price by the end of the year, while coal is set to tank.

October 4, 2017

The next big offshore boom is about to happen here

The latest demonstration of the viability of deepwater projects, even in the post-2014 oil industry era, comes from none other than Brazil.