September 10, 2015

Big name investors are piling back into commodities

A few legendary influencers are making huge bets right now on commodities, an area that’s faced—and continues to face—some pretty strong headwinds.

September 10, 2015

BHP, SaskPower partner to accelerate development of carbon capture and storage

The companies will share access to data and lessons learned from SaskPower’s Boundary Dam facility — the world’s first full chain power sector CCS project.

September 10, 2015

Duke Energy, U.S. Gov’t end 15-year-old Clean Air Act litigation

The company still denies the alleged violations, but has agreed to settle the case solely to avoid the costs and uncertainties of continued litigation, it said.

September 10, 2015

BHP Billiton and SaskPower Partner to accelerate development of carbon capture and storage

BHP Billiton would contribute to the establishment of a global knowledge centre to help promote research and reduce the cost and risk associated with new CCS projects.

September 10, 2015

Australia’s struggling unemployed GEOs ask for visa crackdown to protect jobs

The high rate of unemployment among the geoscientists responsible for Australia’s ongoing mineral wealth discoveries has led to an implored plea to the Federal Government to protect local jobs with…

September 9, 2015

Queensland’s ‘enough is enough’ job campaign gains momentum

Queenslanders are standing up for resource sector jobs through an online petition that has kick-started a campaign to close the legal loopholes that are tying up projects in red tape.

September 8, 2015

Major banks’ commodities revenue down 25% in first half

Revenue earned by leading banks from commodity trading, selling derivatives to investors and other activities in the sector fell to $2.6 billion from $3.5 billion in the same period of…

September 8, 2015

INFOGRAPHIC: Most Assets Hurting, but one stock market has bucked the trend

Deutsche Bank recently provided a graphical snapshot that covers the returns of a wide span of assets both YTD and since the mid-August meltdown.

September 8, 2015

Judicial battlefront: Environmentalists look to the air to keep coal underground

Though the on-the-ground efforts of groups like the Sierra Club have played a major role in tripping up coal companies actively mining or seeking new areas to mine, environmentalists' air…

September 8, 2015

South African president to broker talks on mining job cuts

Mining employs about 440,000 in South Africa and makes up more than half of its exports.