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Big oil betting on electric vehicles

Speaking this week at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance conference in New York, Total SA's chief energy economist, Joel Couse, forecasted that EVs will make up 15 to 30 percent of global new vehicle sales by 2030.

Oilprice.com | May 2, 2017 | 9:48 am

K+S Potash cuts the ribbon at its Canada’s Legacy mine, now ‘Bethune’

It's the first potash mine built in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan in more than 40 years.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 2, 2017 | 8:07 am

Greece to sell coal-fired plants, mines as part of bailout deal

Athens will begin testing the waters for such sale in November, with the goal of wrapping up the sale by June 2018.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 2, 2017 | 7:11 am

Gold prices hit fresh three-week low

t's been a rough set of trading sessions for the yellow metal, with gold ending last week at $1,268, a full $21 lower than the previous week.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 2, 2017 | 6:54 am

South32 buys stake in Canada’s Arizona Mining for $81 million

The Perth-based miner has agreed to purchase 45 million shares of the Canadian junior at a price of $2.45 per share, or about 15% of Arizona Mining’s outstanding shares.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 2, 2017 | 4:07 am

Australian officials slam banks decision to refuse backing country’s largest coal project

The lenders’ move follow a decision by Australia’s second-largest bank Westpac to only fund new projects in existing, rather than new, coal basins as part of its new climate policy.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 2, 2017 | 3:53 am

Illegal Chinese gold miners blamed for pollution, violence in Ghana

Government officials’ comments add bitterness to the already resentful locals, following wave of negative coverage of Chinese mining practices in the Ghanian media.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 2, 2017 | 3:00 am

Sherritt surrenders equity share at Ambatovy to cut $1.4B in debt

Canada-based nickel miner Sherritt (TSX:S) has struck a deal with its partners at the Ambatovy nickel operation in Madagascar, allowing the company to eliminate $1.4 billion in debt.

Andrew Topf | May 1, 2017 | 6:35 pm