February 25, 2015

Is oil returning to $100 or dropping to $10?

If you have been following the price of oil over the last few months, the chances are you’re a little confused. On […]

February 24, 2015

South Africa drops out of top 10 in Africa for mining investment

Namibia and Botswana top the latest mining investment attractiveness index for the continent and move into top 25 worldwide.

February 24, 2015

Biggest steel breakthrough in decades

Korean scientists create a cheap, flexible steel with a strength to weight ratio of today's best titanium alloys using a nickel catalyst.

February 24, 2015

Canada’s oil sands cash flows set to drop by $21 billion

Current operational costs for producers have reached $37 to $40 per barrel. Benchmark U.S. crude, meanwhile, is trading at around $50 a barrel.

February 24, 2015

BHP pins hopes on spin-off South32

In the second half of 2014 the businesses bound for South32 generated $5bn worth of revenue and almost $890m of earnings before interest and tax.

February 24, 2015

Fipke, Ulansky take uranium hunt outside the Basin

Chad Ulansky cut his teeth on Ekati, Canada’s first diamond discovery, but it’s uranium that he’s hunting for now in Canada’s frozen North.

February 24, 2015

The easy oil is gone so where do we look now?

In 2008, Canadian economist Jeff Rubin stunned the oil market with a bold prediction: With the world economy growing at 5 percent a year, oil demand would grow with it,…

February 24, 2015

Canada’s Saskatchewan second only to Finland as world’s top mining destination

The potash and oil-rich province was placed at the top of the Fraser Institute's annual rank of mining companies.

February 24, 2015

Shell pulls plug on long-delayed Alberta oil sands mine – The Globe and Mail

Royal Dutch Shell Plc is shelving plans to build a new oil sands mine in northern Alberta, the largest such project to be deferred as producers struggle with low energy…

February 23, 2015

BHP slashing costs faster than expected

World number one miner notches "productivity gains" of $2.4 billion as profits fall 47% in second half of 2014.