June 25, 2015 BHP cuts another 140 jobs over abandoned Olympic Dam expansion plans The cuts at the Adelaide support office for the Olympic Dam operations come about six months after BHP scrapped about 90 permanent positions and 210 contractor jobs.
June 24, 2015 Opposition to Sirius Minerals $3bn potash project in national park builds up The company will hear by June 30 whether it will be allowed to mine polyhalite, a type of potash fertilizer, from a deposit located under Brittan’s North York Moors national…
June 24, 2015 Study finds elevated greenhouse gases from Canadian oil sands’ crude A new peer-reviewed study funded by the U.S. Department of Energy says oil extracted from Canada's oil sands produces greenhouse-gas emissions that are an average 20% higher than for conventional…
June 23, 2015 Chile may revoke Teck’s copper mine permit over environmental breaches Teck is facing sanctions over infractions that include openings in the deposit where the ore is stored and a failure to build sufficient water infrastructure.
June 23, 2015 Australia’s Paladin Energy gets historic ok to run uranium mine in Canada Until now Canadian companies needed to have at least 51% stake in any uranium project.
June 23, 2015 The world is awash in oil — is Canada making it worse? Collectively, Canada's energy sector lost more than $600 million in the first three months of this year, and the Canadian economy shrank in the same period, as the collapse in…
June 22, 2015 Kameron Collieries closer to reopen massive coal mine in Canada’s Nova Scotia In recent months the mine has been pumped out and now the company is working on fixing existing power lines and bringing equipment to the site.
June 22, 2015 Setting sights on ‘invisible’ mining In-situ recovery is a new and largely untapped frontier that could improve environmental performance and change the economics of mining.
June 22, 2015 Glencore to pay new entity in global chain to market coal Swiss-based mining giant Glencore says it will pay a new entity within its global chain to market and distribute its coal as it moves to close its Singapore office.
June 22, 2015 Low prices and rising global political will are shifting future of the oil sands Collapsed prices, a looming recession, calls for a development moratorium, halting federal action on emissions – the oil sands are under pressure on many fronts.
Glencore buys majority stake in Dutch fuel company FincoEnergies Finco is a major player in the Dutch wholesale fuel market and in the region's biofuels and low-carbon fuel sectors. December 22, 2025 | 05:21 am
