September 14, 2015

Guinea hosts second meeting of National Coordinators of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)

The objective of these meetings is for African countries to find a common position before the next EITI Global Conference, to be held in Lima, Peru in February 2016.

September 11, 2015

Nuclear power to grow fastest in more than 20 years

World Nuclear Association report says declining secondary supply, Asian and Middle East reactor builds necessitate whole new mined uranium pipeline by 2025.

September 11, 2015

Botswana may soon have its first uranium mine

As Australian firm A-Cap Resources has applied for a mining licence for its flagship Letlhakane project.

September 11, 2015

Teck Resources to expand its Fording River coal mine

Teck to expand its Fording River coal mine but with met coal global glut, the question now is whether the project will proceed as originally planned.

September 11, 2015

IEA predicts huge collapse in US oil output next year

The agency believes U.S. tight oil supply will sink by nearly 400,000 barrels a day in 2016.

September 11, 2015

University of California sells off $200 million in coal, oil sands assets

Chief Investment Officer Jagdeep Bachher said the assets were no longer good investments for the university's $98.2 billion fund.

September 10, 2015

Big name investors are piling back into commodities

A few legendary influencers are making huge bets right now on commodities, an area that’s faced—and continues to face—some pretty strong headwinds.

September 10, 2015

BHP, SaskPower partner to accelerate development of carbon capture and storage

The companies will share access to data and lessons learned from SaskPower’s Boundary Dam facility — the world’s first full chain power sector CCS project.

September 10, 2015

Duke Energy, U.S. Gov’t end 15-year-old Clean Air Act litigation

The company still denies the alleged violations, but has agreed to settle the case solely to avoid the costs and uncertainties of continued litigation, it said.

September 10, 2015

Nazi ‘gold train’ treasure hunters show alleged picture of found wagons

The Polish military has urged caution in the search for the missing train, especially after a 39-year-old treasure seeker died yesterday when falling into a pit while looking for it.