June 4, 2014 Halved since 2011, EPA rules to push coal price down another 20% EPA's radical new rules make building new coal-fired power plants unfeasible while 15% of existing capacity will be shut down within two years, reducing demand.
June 4, 2014 Canadian studies endorsing fracking highly flawed — critics The two documents released Tuesday conclude the debated extraction process just needs to be closely monitored and properly regulated.
June 3, 2014 Rio: $80 iron ore price means ‘a lot’ of miners will disappear CEO Sam Walsh: "We are the lowest-cost producer in the world with costs of $20 per tonne; I think we’ll be OK."
May 30, 2014 Kinross Gold allegedly trying to recover Ecuador mine losses The government may renew Kinross’s rights to the concession, or at least could remove legal hurdles to the prospective sale of Fruta del Norte gold-silver project.
May 30, 2014 Mongolia mining reforms seek $1bn in coal, shale investments The revisions to the country's mining law would increase the area available to exploration to 20%t from around 8%.
May 30, 2014 Output at No.1 global copper producer slips slightly in first quarter While output drop was minimal, Codelco's profit dived 38% as a result of lower metal prices.
May 29, 2014 Chinese copper asset buyers are out again Driven by China's seemingly insatiable demand for concentrates as more smelter capacity comes on-line and refined copper imports diminish, the need for foreign sourcing of copper raw materials is increasing.
May 29, 2014 De Beers plans for Snap Lake mine challenged by locals The firm wants to change its water licence to double the current chloride limit pumped into nearby lake.
May 29, 2014 Major new coal projects unlikely to be profitable: Goldman Sachs The bank analysts say the window for profitable investment in new thermal coal mining and infrastructure capacity “has closed.”
May 28, 2014 Rio Tinto to axe hundreds of jobs at Oyu Tolgoi mine Amid the miner's efforts to reduce costs at its gigantic copper and gold operation in Mongolia.
Genome BC, BRIMM biomining partnership aims to de-risk genomic tools development Partnership Supported by an investment of up to C$1 million over three years. February 17, 2026 | 02:54 pm
