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…

June 17, 2011

Lumina Copper Corp. and Lumina Royalty Corp. Announce Closing of Arrangement

Lumina Copper and Lumina Royalty announced that they have closed their previously announced arrangement. Under the terms of a statutory plan of arrangement which received shareholder approval on June 7,…

June 16, 2011

Chemical giant Arkema partners with Canada Fluorspar on acidspar mine

It's been a long time coming for some of Canada Fluorspar's (TSX-V: CFI) founding investors, but persistence appears to have paid-off. Arkema and Canada Fluorspar announced they signed a definitive…

September 1, 2010

Insitu: Oil Sands Mining Goes Underground

Think of oil sands mining, and images of mammoth machinery, digging and hauling bitumensoaked sand from pits to processing plants, immediately spring to mind. The procedure is […]

September 1, 2010

Oil Sands Mining Equipment Built Tough

Big, tough and powerful are the best words to describe the enormous mining equipment that roams the Canadian oil sands like prehistoric beasts. Here in […]