September 30, 2014

Fed up with Federal inaction, States act alone on cap-and-trade

Unsatisfied with the pace at which the federal government is acting to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, several U.S. states and a few Canadian provinces are forging ahead with their own…

September 30, 2014

Canada’s Nova Scotia introduces ruling to ban fracking

The proposed law, however, would allow fracking for testing and research purposes.

September 30, 2014

Avalanche kills Centerra Gold’s Kumtor mine worker

Another person in serious conditions.

September 30, 2014

Future innovation in the oil and gas sector will be driven by collaboration and innovation, finds a major new study

Global research from Lloyd’s Register Energy confirms the priorities up to 2025

September 30, 2014

Rio Tinto, Glencore could save $500m by joining coal businesses

It would also create a a 15-kilometre long ‘‘super pit’’ from the union of Rio’s Mount Thorley Warkworth and Glencore’s Bulga open-pit mines.

September 30, 2014

UK authorities to review bid for $2.7bn potash project in national park

Analysts say this is “make or break” time for the company behind the massive mine, Sirius Minerals.

September 30, 2014

Canada’s oil sands image set for overhaul with new Premier

Canada’s reputation as climate bad-boy was invented in Manhattan in 2008.

September 29, 2014

Coal mining revival in Canada’s Alberta eyed by Australian company

The Crowsnest Pass in southern Alberta hasn't seen a working coal mine in decades, but an Australian company has a plan to change that.

September 29, 2014

Coalview to participate at Met Coke World Summit 2014 in Chicago

The company is in various stages of development of recovery projects in Canada, Alabama, Illinois, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

September 28, 2014

NWT doles out exploration grants as diamond activity heats up

Northwest Territories, the northern Canadian region known for diamond mining, is giving a leg up to exploration companies through an incentive program it first rolled out in June.