September 11, 2016

Alberta estimates wildfire put $1B dent in 2016 oilsands spending plans

Alberta wildfires that swept through Fort McMurray in May have resulted in the loss of $1 billion in planned capital spending in the oilsands for 2016, according to Alberta's chief…

September 11, 2016

Chinese deal gives fresh boost to thermal coal price

Under the new plan, Chinese miners will cut or boost output to keep coal prices within a desired range.

September 11, 2016

South African mining output falls sharply

PGMs down nearly 10% and manganese production down 24%.

September 11, 2016

NASA’s latest mission may tell us whether asteroid mining is really a go

OSIRIS-REx will collect samples from an asteroid and return them to Earth, in what it could be a pivotal step for firms currently planning to tap into the space mining…

September 9, 2016

China demand driving renaissance of global uranium market: Bannerman Resources chief

China’s unquenchable thirst for uranium is driving a renaissance of the market and is likely to pull the global U-sector out of its current doldrums and drive much-needed price increases.

September 9, 2016

Mongolia readies to revive its giant Tavan Tolgoi coal mine

Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi (ETT), the state-owned company that holds the license to the deposit, has already begun evaluating bids and calculating the potential economic benefits of restarting it.

September 9, 2016

Uranium mining in Canada one of the world’s cleanest — study

New study shows that mining and milling uranium contributes very few greenhouse gases to the total emissions produced by nuclear power generation.

September 9, 2016

How North Dakota’s native protest against oil pipeline became an American movement

The 1,770 kilometre, $3.7-billion (U.S.) Dakota Access pipeline would carry oil from just north of the Standing Rock Sioux’s land in North Dakota to Illinois.

September 8, 2016

The next sector to recover from the oil price crash

A recent report by Arkansas Online says the energy industry's support sector could feel the effects of low oil prices for up to two years after the current bear market…

September 8, 2016

US, China climate pact devastating for coal price

New study forecasts global thermal coal trade to shrink by 373 million tonnes per year, leading to minimum 30% fall in coal prices post 2020.