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Suncor Energy sells Petro-Canada Lubricants business for $1.125 billion

Sale includes PCLI's production and manufacturing centre in Mississauga, Ontario and the global marketing and distribution assets held by PCLI including its global offices.

Suncor | October 31, 2016 | 3:00 am

Gold, rate hikes and the US Presidential Election

The next ten days or so will present gold with two major events both of which could impact on gold in different ways depending on their particular outcome.

Bob Kirtley - Gold-Prices.biz | October 31, 2016 | 2:43 am

Equity markets all but closed for mining IPOs

Miners have to look at debt, private investors and alternative financing like pre-pays for growth capital according to new report.

Frik Els | October 31, 2016 | 2:13 am

Glencore closes another zinc mine

Black Star deposit at Mount Isa in Australia depleted after 13 years of operation.

Frik Els | October 31, 2016 | 1:03 am

Renewables beat coal as largest source of power capacity

While coal continues to crank out electricity for millions of people in developing nations, renewable energy is rapidly catching up and last year, overtook coal as the world's largest source of installed power capacity.

Andrew Topf | October 30, 2016 | 4:05 pm

12 schools in Salzburg evacuated after radioactive rock discovered

Educators in the Austrian city of Salzburg hit the panic button after the unintended discovery of a radioactive rock in a science classroom.

Andrew Topf | October 30, 2016 | 3:07 pm

Canadian miners trapped in elevator

Four employees at Agrium's Vanscoy potash mine spent six hours in an industrial elevator.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 28, 2016 | 12:52 pm

Clinton, Australian anti-coal activists, and Wikileaks

According to Wikileaks, activists opposing Adani's Carmichael coal mine in Australia have been receiving funding from an American organization.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 28, 2016 | 11:57 am

Activists urge Congo government to pass new mining code

Congo began reviewing its mining code in 2012, aiming to increase state revenues and tighten environmental and social regulations, but it has yet to make a decision about it.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 28, 2016 | 9:45 am

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