October 29, 2012 Heightened rates of mortality and disease afflict coal communities A new report published in Australia has found that coal mining communities around the world suffer from elevated levels of death, disease and birth defects.
October 29, 2012 Fluor to Provide Engineering Services on MacKay River Oil Sands Project in Northern Alberta It will provide Suncor Energy front-end project management and engineering services on the energy company’s MacKay River Phase 2 oil sands project near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.
October 29, 2012 Xstrata shareholders caught in ‘prisoner’s dilemma’ Could Anglo or Vale free them? Even shareholders choking on $200 million of management bonuses, may have to okay the compensation if they want the deal to go ahead. But Xstrata may have other options beside…
October 29, 2012 Sesa Goa expects some mining restrictions in Goa to be lifted in November 2012 State of Goa expected to lift a number of iron ore mining restrictions by end of month
October 29, 2012 TransCanada and Phoenix Energy join forces to build $3-billion pipeline TransCanada Corp. (TSX, NYSE:TRP) and Phoenix Energy Holdings Ltd. have entered into a 50-50 partnership to build a $3-billion pipeline in Northern Alberta, one of the centres of Canada’s oil…
October 29, 2012 Park to replace infamous tar ponds in Nova Scotia Canadian authorities revealed Sunday plans for the final portion of tar ponds clean-up in the province of Nova Scotia, which will see $17 million spent on a park, sports field…
October 29, 2012 New Bolivian law poses serious challenges for mining companies Bolivia has passed this month the world's first ruling that grants all nature equal rights to humans. The “Law of Mother Earth,” agreed by politicians and grassroots social groups, redefines…
October 29, 2012 Geologist Merrill McHenry keeps his eye on the Guerrero Gold Belt Millions of years ago, tectonic events created significant gold and silver mineralization in the Guerrero Gold Belt in Mexico. Today, two gold companies have reported 16 Moz of gold there.
October 29, 2012 Endocoal board backs $73.4 million takeover bid from Chinese A Chinese-joint venture in Australia has made a USD$73.4 million takeover bid for Queensland's Endocoal (ASX:EOC).
October 28, 2012 Is the United States turning into a Petro-state? Matt Stroller at Naked Capitalist asks whether the United States is gradually transforming into a resource extraction economy with a more oligarchic […]
El Salvador adds $50M of gold to reserves At current prices, the value of El Salvador's gold holdings is estimated at $350 million. January 30, 2026 | 08:41 am
