April 7, 2014

Rio Tinto walks away from massive Pebble copper-gold project

Rio becomes the second large diversified miner, after Anglo American, to back out of the project in less than seven months.

April 7, 2014

PotashCorp brings Doyle era to a close, former Inmet boss Tilk named new CEO

Doyle, 63, will probably be remembered the most as the CEO who fended off BHP Billiton’s hostile takeover bid for the Canadian fertilizer producer.

April 6, 2014

Shots fired at mining exec’s Vancouver home

No injuries. No motive.

April 6, 2014

PICTURE OF THE DAY: Muskeg claims excavator

In deep.

April 6, 2014

High tech employs more BC workers than mining and forestry combined

Sector still relatively small compared to central Canada and the US.

April 6, 2014

Four areas revved up for a resource boom

A diversified selection of commodity stocks is key.

April 4, 2014

Canpotex sells potash to India at 7-year low price

The price of the soil nutrient is down 25% in a year.

April 4, 2014

Taseko announces record quarterly copper and molybdenum shipments

In the first quarter 2014, total production was 34.5 million pounds of copper and 566 thousand pounds of molybdenum, a 49% and 59% increase, respectively, since the first quarter 2013.

April 4, 2014

More balance in reports: reader

Less National Enquirer tabloid stuff .

April 4, 2014

Zambia miners can’t afford 29% power price hike — chamber

Mining companies in Zambia use about 68% of the country’s electricity, while less than a quarter of the population has access to it.