Counting down MINING.com’s top posts of 2011
A story about copper and its usefulness as a guage of economic activity was MINING.com's top story of the year.
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Osum Oil Sands closes $500M private placement; new investors include government of Singapore
Canada-based Osum Oil Sands Corp. has entered into definitive agreements with a group of investors to issue, on a private placement basis, $500 million in equity securities. The financing was led by a...
Crystallex files for bankruptcy protection and loses TSE listing
Crystallex International received protection today under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act of Canada, and the company will also be delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange next month.
Which gold and silver stocks does Dr. Ron Paul favor?
Total Return, The Wall Street Journal’s personal-finance blog, recently reviewed presidential candidate Dr. Ron Paul’s (R-TX) investment portfolio.
Cabo Drilling posts record quarterly earnings
North Vancouver-based Cabo Drilling Corp. (TSX-V:CBE) has posted a 200% increase in earnings for 2012’s first quarter.
Canadian regulator approves Enbridge’s $180 million Bakken pipeline
Canada's energy and pipeline regulator has approved an application by Enbridge to build a $180 million pipeline to move oil out of the pipeline-constrained Bakken oil play.
Chiquita tries to peel back oil sands pledge
After Chiquita told ForestEthics that it would quit using oil sands derived fuel to truck its bananas, the fruit company is assuring upset truckers that the company, while committed to going green, that will adopt a go slow approach.
EPA now unsure of link between between water contamination and hydraulic fracturing
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson, who was appointed by Obama in 2008, says that the Pavillion study in Wyoming that found water contamination from hydraulic fracturing may need another look.
Gold steady in shortened session but Christmas rally spied
Gold has risen between Christmas and New Year in 8 of the last nine years, if the trend continues the yellow metal could end the year around $1,650.