October 30, 2015

Fission Uranium Corp. Provides Update to Its Shareholders

FISSION URANIUM CORP. updates shareholders on the important progress being made to create long-term value and corrects some inaccuracies released by an isolated entity with no experience in uranium exploration,…

October 30, 2015

Future of BHP coal mines in Indonesia hinging on mining rules revision

The country's government is in the midst of reviewing its mining legislation, particularly mandatory divestment rules and contract extensions.

October 30, 2015

Junior miners: Doom, gloom or boom?

Since the end of the “flash crash” that hit markets on August 24, when the Dow dropped 1,100 points in the first five minutes of trading, miners have been up.

October 29, 2015

Mining industry value drops below one trillion dollars

In 2011, during the peak of the so-called “mining boom”, the sector was worth nearly US$2.5 trillion.

October 29, 2015

Cloud Peak Energy will stop shipping coal through Delta’s Westshore Terminals starting 2016

Cloud Peak will make a series of payments to Westshore in lieu of its take-or-pay commitments — worth $454 million for 2016 to 2018 — to ship coal through the…

October 28, 2015

Shell abandons oil sands project in Canada, takes $2bn charge

The decision to scrap the Carmon Creek project, said the company, was partially due to a lack of pipelines to coastal waters.

October 28, 2015

Stop blaming OPEC for low prices

Why is it that the responsibility for balancing the market falls on OPEC? Why should OPEC be the one to fix the imbalances in the global crude oil trade?

October 27, 2015

These countries are winning at gold mining

The number of registered artisanal miners, or barrequeros, inside Colombia now top 100,000 and production should keep rising.

October 27, 2015

Aussie Gov’t under attack for saying there is ‘moral case’ for coal mines

But authorities and miners say calls for a global moratorium on coal mines ignore the scale of global demand for energy.

October 27, 2015

US coal miner Murray Energy sues Obama Administration

The Ohio-based company says the new ozone standards will severely harm the country's already battered coal industry.