March 23, 2015 Rick Rule: The recovery I saw for uranium has been postponed 2015 is well underway and starting to look at lot like 2014. Commodity markets remain weak with uranium, copper, gold and oil prices still near their lows.
March 23, 2015 Cliffs sells Ontario’s Ring of Fire claims to Noront for $20 million The U.S. miner said the sale is part of a strategy to divest non-core assets and focus on supplying iron ore pellets to the North American steel industry.
March 23, 2015 South Africa woes cast doubt on BHP spin-off success There are a number of challenges South32 is likely to face, including potential Black Economic Empowerment ownership concessions and power price hikes.
March 23, 2015 Honeywell lockout at Illinois uranium plant coming to an end The seven-month work stoppage as crippled the U.S. only facility that converts uranium oxide into hexafluoride, used as fuel in nuclear power plants.
March 22, 2015 Coal projects, port expansion could permanently damage Great Barrier Reef: report The Great Barrier Reef is at risk of permanent damage should huge coalmining and a port development in Queensland go ahead, scientists say in a new report.
March 22, 2015 Pricey Bank of Canada meeting included trip to oil sands A Bank of Canada junket to the oil sands at Fort McMurray, Alta., helped push the cost of a single board of directors meeting last June to over $100,000, a…
March 20, 2015 A “wave of bankruptcies” about to hit coal industry The future for the coal industry is looking “increasingly bleak,” according to an investor’s note from Macquarie Research.
March 20, 2015 China claims coal mine deaths down to record low Coal mine fatalities in China dropped almost 87% to 931 last year from more than 7,000 casualties registered in the sector in 2002, according to official figures recently disclosed.
March 20, 2015 Obama unveils long-awaited fracking rules The updated regulations, in the works since 2012, set standards for wells and disposal of wastewater. They also require disclosure of chemicals used.
March 20, 2015 WA keen to take QLD’s unwanted uranium dollars Western Australia’s Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Marmion says the Queensland government’s decision to ban uranium mining is good news for WA.
Chinese copper smelter, Antofagasta agree to record low fees Tough negotiations reflected a market facing abundant refining capacity but tight global ore supplies. December 22, 2025 | 12:20 pm
