January 3, 2013

Nebraska up in arms about TransCanada’s Keystone XL

While the cross-border outcome for TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline is still up in the air, U.S. opposition to the southern section currently under construction in Texas and Oklahoma is escalating.

January 3, 2013

Koreans prospect for uranium in South Australia

Daewoo, LG and Korean government team up with Cauldron Energy on Marree Uranium project

January 3, 2013

Alberta considers 2,400km rail line for conveying oil sands products to Alaska

G7G says newly proposed rail will "make the nation stronger"

January 3, 2013

Are you a base metal growth bull or a gold gloom-and-doomer?

Gold bugs say the global economy could collapse any day now.

January 2, 2013

Blackstone investment guru has nasty surprise for oil investors

Byron Wien also predicts a nuclear Iran in 2013 and a Shanghai surprise.

January 2, 2013

Mining shares lead rally ignited by US fiscal cliff deal

The FTSE 100 index rose 139 points to 6,037 points, the first time it has been above the 6,000 level in 17 months, with mining shares exceptionally high.

January 2, 2013

Have uranium miners hit rock bottom?

Almost two years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, uranium miners are still struggling.

January 2, 2013

EU Power to extend slump in 2013 on weak demand: energy markets

The slump in European power that has driven prices to record lows is showing no sign of ending as the region's second recession in four years curbs energy use.

January 2, 2013

Ex-diplomat says Chinese investment indispensable to oil sands development

A former Canadian diplomat says the use of imported Chinese labor is indispensable to the development of Alberta's oil and gas industries.

January 1, 2013

Mining industry successfully scuppered Aboriginal land rights in Australia during the 80’s

Concerted campaign by the mining industry in collusion with Western Australia's Burke government thwarted efforts to give Aboriginal communities a greater say and share in resource development