January 2, 2015 Close to $60bn in Canadian oil and gas projects in jeopardy: report Falling crude prices and decreased investment in the sector are to blame.
January 2, 2015 Cliffs closes Bloom Lake iron ore, sells coal assets Active production at the Canadian Bloom Lake iron ore mine has completely ceased, and the sale of the firm's its struggling coal division has been completed.
January 2, 2015 Chile’s Supreme Court won’t hear Barrick appeal on Pascua Lama fine The court refused to consider the appeal on procedural grounds. Chile's environmental regulator will now have to re-evaluate the administrative fines for over $16 million it imposed on the project.
January 2, 2015 Agrium restarts Vanscoy potash mine after mechanical failure, expansion Production at the mine was suspended in July after a mechanical failure on the operation’s main hoist system.
January 1, 2015 The Klondike Gold Rush debuts Jan. 6 on PBS “People set off with very little clue about where they were going, they were swept up in this mass hysteria.”
January 1, 2015 Saskatoon-based company hopes to bring unique potash mine to Sask. | Globalnews.ca Gensource Potash Corporation CEO Mike Ferguson says the company hopes to develop a production site in the Craik, Sask. area.
December 31, 2014 First Quantum kicks off operations at Zambian copper mine Despite the government announcement Tuesday that it will push ahead with plans to more than triple mining royalties.
December 31, 2014 Time is running out for seasonal buying deals: Mickey Fulp "You want to buy stocks when they are unknown, unloved and undervalued."
December 30, 2014 Iron ore and oil down to financial crisis levels Iron ore and oil, for ages among the strongest commodities, are on course to end 2014 as the worst performing ones.
December 30, 2014 Zambia won’t reverse mining royalty hike Move will leave up to 12,000 jobless and it is likely to sour the already fractious relationship between the government and mining companies.
Chile’s Mantoverde copper output hit as labor talks stall, union says The labor authority had notified that the company will not have emergency personnel from the union to keep facilities operational. January 12, 2026 | 11:18 am