March 24, 2015

Freeport axes dividend by 84% amid weak commodity prices

The copper and gold miner will pay a dividend of 5 cents.

March 24, 2015

Putting Uganda on the global mining map

Following a $75m national mineral survey, Uganda has proposed a wide range of tax breaks ahead of a planned mining and exploration licensing round.

March 24, 2015

Why are young workers shunning the oil sands?

An annual survey of the oil and gas workforce has revealed a surprising trend.

March 24, 2015

Oil sands faces its biggest test in extended downturn

The collapse in the market for Canada’s heavy crude below $30 a barrel last week is hammering home a harsh reality for the nation’s oil-sands producers: There’s no one to…

March 23, 2015

Fission Expands Footprint and High-Grade Core at R780E With Multiple Step Out Holes

Triple R's 780E Zone Increased Laterally, Vertically and On-Strike With Step Out Drilling

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.