January 4, 2013

US added 155,000 jobs in December, Canada beats expectations

Unemployment rate, however, stayed at 7.8%

January 4, 2013

SLAM updates 47 hole diamond drilling program

Gold-bearing vein system traced over 520m strike length.

January 3, 2013

Mining companies lead surge in Canadian IPO market in Q4

Consumer products, retail, energy and real estate sectors shared spotlight with miners

January 3, 2013

Nebraska up in arms about TransCanada’s Keystone XL

While the cross-border outcome for TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline is still up in the air, U.S. opposition to the southern section currently under construction in Texas and Oklahoma is escalating.

January 3, 2013

Alberta considers 2,400km rail line for conveying oil sands products to Alaska

G7G says newly proposed rail will "make the nation stronger"

January 2, 2013

Blackstone investment guru has nasty surprise for oil investors

Byron Wien also predicts a nuclear Iran in 2013 and a Shanghai surprise.

January 2, 2013

Canada’s New Gold Blackwater project open for public comment

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency is requesting local people send in their opinions about the Blackwater project, New Gold Inc.’s proposed mine in British Columbia.

January 2, 2013

ArcelorMittal selling $1.1-billion stake in Canadian iron ore business to Asians

The consortium includes South Korean steelmaker POSCO and Taiwan-listed China Steel.

January 2, 2013

Ex-diplomat says Chinese investment indispensable to oil sands development

A former Canadian diplomat says the use of imported Chinese labor is indispensable to the development of Alberta's oil and gas industries.

January 1, 2013

Canada mulls allowing China to pursue gargantuan metals project in the Arctic

Copper and zinc project could bring billions to Nunavut's Izok Corridor