February 12, 2016 Argentina’s new government scraps mining taxes President Mauricio Macri has revoked a 5% tax imposed by the previous administration on mining companies.
February 12, 2016 Pummeled by oil bets, Freeport and Teck get some crude reward Teck Resources and Freeport-McMoRan led a mining stock rally on Friday as surging oil prices provided relief for their foray into energy before prices tumbled.
February 11, 2016 TransCanada posts $2.5bn loss in Q4 on Keystone XL charge The net loss also included a number of other smaller items, partially offset by an increase in revenue to $2.85 billion from $2.62 billion.
February 11, 2016 Teck Resources logs $536M loss in Q4 on depressed commodities, asset charge The loss includes a Cdn$598 million impairment charge on its Fort Hills oil sands project in Alberta.
February 10, 2016 Congo gives up plans to change mining code The move could have driven away investors at a time of historically low commodity prices and energy shortages that are driving down output in the country.
February 10, 2016 Government throws lifeline to BC mines The B.C. government is throwing the mining industry an emergency lifeline in the form of deferred electricity bill payments that could be worth more than $300 million.
February 10, 2016 US mining and exploration investment declined 35 pct in 2015 The figure is the second largest year-over-year decline since the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) began reporting the series in 1948.
February 9, 2016 Colombia bans mining in country’s vast moorlands Mining in the area of the Andes mountains right above the continuous tree line had been prohibited since 2011, but concessions granted before such ban had continued to date.
February 9, 2016 A crude correlation with Canada’s currency Canada is the world’s fifth largest oil and gas producer and its energy export revenues are a significant part of the economy.
February 9, 2016 Canadian companies sell “jewels” to keep oil sands afloat Faced with record low prices for heavy crude, Canadian energy companies are sacrificing other parts of their business to keep higher-cost oil sands production going.
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