May 8, 2012 Canadian Oil Sands companies to help financing deadly highway improvements Canadian Oil Sands companies are asking the government to upgrade the section of Highway 63 north of Fort McMurray, in the province of Alberta, which leads to several oil sands…
April 27, 2012 Mining, oil and gas led Canada’s growth in 2011 Statistics Canada revealed today that the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan led the country in economic growth in 2011, buoyed by the extraction and exploration of their natural resources.
April 13, 2012 Kinder Morgan goes ahead with its $5 billion pipeline expansion to Vancouver Kinder Morgan (NYSE: KMP) is going ahead with its planned $5 billion expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline in Canada, which brings crude oil from the Alberta oil sands to…
March 1, 2012 Canadian oil sands titans form information-sharing alliance A group of twelve major Canadian oil sands producers, including some of the world's biggest energy companies, have reached an agreement to share unlimited information on environmental technologies, which sweeps…
March 1, 2012 Bill Clinton’s support to Keystone XL pipeline seen as votes-buying attempt In a move seen as a clear attempt to build popularity, former U.S. president Bill Clinton called Americans to embrace TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline, only three days after the Calgary…
February 29, 2012 Canadian province of Ontario’s Premier tries to clarify oilsands remarks Premier Dalton McGuinty says he wants to clarify comments he made that were taken as a slight to Alberta’s oilsands. Asked by Alberta Premier Alison Redford to publicly support her…
February 23, 2012 EU hesitates to qualify Canada’s oil sands as more polluting than crude In the midst of intense lobbying from Canada, a committee of the European Union Parliament blocked passage of a proposed fuel quality directive that would label Canada’s oil sands as…
January 3, 2012 PetroChina takes over Canadian oil sands project Canadian oil producer Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. (TSX: ATH) has exercised its option to sell its remaining 40 per cent interest in the MacKay River oil sands project to Cretaceous,…
August 30, 2011 China wants to keep rare mineral export restrictions China said on Wednesday that it would appeal against a World Trade Organisation ruling that it illegally restricted exports of certain rare and speciality metals and minerals including bauxite, coking…
June 21, 2011 Flinders Mines drilling moves Pilbara Iron Ore Project closer to Measured Resource Flinders Mines is making strong progress with its drilling program at the Pilbara Iron Ore Project in Western Australia, with over 50 kilometres of drilling completed since the previous resource…
China pledges to control steel output during 2026-2030 period In the first 11 months of 2025, China's crude steel output fell 4% from a year earlier. December 27, 2025 | 08:20 am
