June 26, 2015

Rio Tinto sells Murowa diamond mine and leaves Zimbabwe

The company, however, said it remained committed to the diamond industry.

June 25, 2015

Takeover approach shakes up potash market

Potashcorp shares jump after making unsolicited bid for Europe's largest potash producer amid fundamental shifts in the industry.

June 25, 2015

Dismal state of TSX-V in two crushing graphs

Bear market is more than 1,000 days old and nearly 1,200 companies have dropped off the Toronto venture market.

June 25, 2015

Adani confirms work halted at controversial coal project by the Great Barrier Reef

But the Indian company said it remains committed to the US$12bn Carmichael project in Queensland, Australia.

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…