August 11, 2015 How AlphaNorth’s Steve Palmer copes with the commodity blues Commodity markets change cyclically, and there is money to be made buying undervalued precious metals and energy juniors, including the handful of companies Palmer names in this interview with The…
August 10, 2015 Canada’s Nova Scotia pulls plug on renewable energy plan The Atlantic province has ended a program that guaranteed small-scale energy producers a sustainable fee for their electricity, and gave citizens an incentive to use renewable energy.
August 10, 2015 Here is how Rio Tinto intends to cut costs by $1 billion The mining giant is watching every single expense, including those related to safety equipment.
August 10, 2015 Coal, nuclear, and renewables expected to boost Vietnam’s electricity capacity: EIA Vietnam is poised to significantly transform its electrical power generation mix over the next two decades as it modernizes the country's agrarian economy to become a more industrialized nation.
August 10, 2015 Support for pipelines up amongst British Columbians: poll This increase may be related to the shift in government’s attention toward LNG
August 10, 2015 Obama: Iranian sanctions relief ‘not a game-changer’ In an interview broadcast Sunday, President Obama acknowledged that Iran would benefit economically from the nuclear weapons agreement that his administration negotiated with Tehran, but contended that it would not…
August 9, 2015 A critical look at ‘Uranium: Twisting the Dragon’s Tail’ A week or so before the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, I watched a curious documentary on PBS.
August 9, 2015 BHP Billiton axing other 380 jobs at its Olympic Dam The cuts represent 14% of what was once a 4,300 workforce.
August 9, 2015 British investment fund to buy Anglo’s mines in Chile According to local newspaper El Mercurio, the unnamed fund is buying Anglo's Mantoverde and Mantos Blancos copper mines.
August 8, 2015 Canada investigating mysterious death of 30 herons at Syncrude oil sands Inspectors are currently at the site, but haven't been able to determine how the birds died or whether others are injured.
Capstone Copper’s Chilean workers ready to strike if mediation fails The 645-member union rejected a contract offer in mid-December. December 24, 2025 | 12:12 pm
