March 15, 2013

How to get rich by discovering a uranium mine with your dad

Shares in Alpha Minerals have gone from $.02 to $3.88 in five months.

March 14, 2013

Is the price of gold manipulated Libor-style?

The Commodity Futures Commission is determining whether or not the big banks are manipulating gold prices daily.

March 14, 2013

Xstrata to bring Canada’s fabled coal mines back to life

Donkin mine would produce about three million tons of coal a year.

March 14, 2013

Keystone XL pipeline benefits ‘exaggerated’: Obama

He did not discard a decision favouring the pipeline.

March 13, 2013

Opening up the north to anthracite

Arctos project will take advantage of need for high-quality coal.

March 13, 2013

Russia set to drive long-term demand for uranium: report

Russia's 1993 disarmament treaty, which requires the nation to unload the radioactive material from discarded nuclear weapons, expires this year.

March 13, 2013

Fatality on winter road serving Stornoway Diamond

Police have been notified.

March 13, 2013

Tata Steel gives Labrador Iron Mines a $30 million cash injection

Rationalization and cooperation

March 13, 2013

First Quantum ready to take over Inmet and create one of world’s biggest copper producer

The Vancouver-based miner extended the offer after coming up just short of acquiring two thirds of Inmet.

March 13, 2013

Canadian Arctic irreversible melt not just bad news

The decreasing Arctic ice sheet could mean billions for the mining industry, say experts.