October 19, 2012

Solidarity: 220 of 225 Fluormin workers to be laid off before year’s end

South African union Solidarity announced today that about 220 workers at Fluormin's Witkop fluorspar mine in the North West province will be laid off before the end of the year.

October 19, 2012

TransCanada shuts Keystone due to anomaly

Oil was trading higher Friday morning driven, in part, by TransCanada Corp's (TSX, NYSE:TRP) announcement yesterday that it was temporarily shutting down its existing Keystone pipeline after tests showed possible…

October 17, 2012

Mexico is the most energy secure country – report

Mexico is the most energy secure nation among the world's 25 biggest energy consumers, reported the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in a recent study of the largest energy-consuming countries.

October 17, 2012

INFOGRAPHIC: Fluorspar, essential for modern life

The mineral fluorspar is now more important - and expensive - than ever.

October 12, 2012

Canada PM casts doubt on Nexen takeover by China

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper gave investors more reasons to speculate about the final outcome of the deal, as he said that China's “very different" political and economic systems are…

October 12, 2012

Victoria doubts Enbridge takes B.C. concerns “seriously”

Enbridge and Northern Gateway representatives are not taking B.C. concerns seriously, B.C. Environment Minister Terry Lake said Wednesday.

October 10, 2012

Study finds little environmental impact from oil sands

In 2010, a single oil-sands operation run by Suncor Energy released into the atmosphere 28,940 tonnes of volatile organic compounds, 22,210 tonnes of sulphur dioxide and 14,011 tonnes of particulate…

October 9, 2012

Ken Chernin shares extraordinary stories of a former war metal

In this Critical Metals Report exclusive, Chernin transports us from Morocco to the dazzling Newfoundland coast, to "Tungsten Town" in Northern Canada.

September 26, 2012

Protect Canadian ownership of oil sands firms, executives urge

Top oil industry executives are asking Ottawa for rules to protect Canadian ownership of major oil sands companies from a flood of foreign investment expected in the sector.

September 25, 2012

Indian oil giant said it never offered $5 billion for Canadian oil sands

State-own Indian oil company Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) denied Tuesday that, together with two other state-run oil firms, bid $5 billion for a stake in six Canadian oil…