BHP to spend $2.2bn on US Mad Dog oil project
Expansion has the potential to increase production to 140,000 barrels of oil per day from the about 80,000 barrels it currently generates.
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Teck, Suncor up cost of Fort Hills oil sands project
Cost per barrel, however, will remain at about $84,000 per flowing barrel of bitumen.
Goldcorp buys back gold stream on giant Chile project
Vancouver company pays $65 million cash for a 4% stream on El Morro deposit, half of NuevoUnion, its joint venture with Teck.
Southern Copper wants to shoot the lights out
World number five producer adding 600,000 annual tonnes in six years.
Locals ask Brazil to suspend Belo Sun’s gold mine licence
Opponents claim the miner intends to use cyanide, depositing toxic waste in a dam located just 1.5 km from the Xingu River, a tributary of the Amazon.
Investors keep flocking to gold, push metal to three-month high
Gold last up at $1,242.20 an ounce, after hitting $1,245.40 earlier in the day.
Chinese race to grab Barrick’s stake in Super Pit hits roadblock
Minjar Gold is still waiting for Chinese regulatory clearance and hasn’t been able to secure funding for the $1.3 billion deal.
Rio Tinto logs first annual gain since 2013 on iron ore rally
Shareholders will be the main beneficiaries of the company's cautious approach to capital expenditure in the last three years as it will pay bigger-than-expected divvy of $1.70 per share.
Billion-dollar Alberta coal company goes bankrupt
A coal company in west-central Alberta that in 2011 sold for $1-billion is bankrupt, killing hopes that its mine might re-open in the first quarter.