April 14, 2015 Canadian Oil Sands Ltd ripe for takeover — and Imperial Oil Ltd is the most likely suitor: analyst The company with the largest stake in oilsands miner Syncrude Canada is a prime takeover target and its most likely suitor is the company with the second-largest stake, according to…
April 14, 2015 Citi’s ‘end of the Iron Age’ note triggers waves of downgrades The International Monetary Fund and Standard and Poor's, in turn, predict prices for the steelmaking material are set to fall even further.
April 14, 2015 Close to half of European and the Former Soviet Union mines to be using autonomous vehicles by 2020 If labour costs are high, use robots.
April 14, 2015 EU lawmakers to limit import of conflict minerals The lawmakers voted 22 to 16 to strengthen a draft law requiring importers, smelters and refiners to certify their goods are conflict-free.
April 14, 2015 Zambia dumps mining royalty hike, settles at 9% The government intends to set its mining royalties at 9% for both open-pit and underground mines.
April 13, 2015 Expect talent-driven mining M&A: Headhunter Today Andrew’s talking about the ebbs and flows of his MRG business. He tells me President and CEO searches are not where he’s making his money these days, it’s the…
April 13, 2015 Oil sands expansion and carbon reduction policies are mutually exclusive: report Study argues Alberta’s emissions would be roughly equal to Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia combined by 2020.
April 13, 2015 Australia has a key role in nuclear’s contribution to clean energy future One of Australia’s leading uranium development proponents says the country’s natural advantage in delivering clean energy to meet growing global demand, is being eroded by the current policy differences between…
April 13, 2015 Move over Codelco: Freeport plans to be the world’s No.1 copper miner But China’s slowdown, rising costs and falling prices may get in the way.
April 13, 2015 Canada’s Alamos Gold, AuRico merging in $1.5 billion deal The deal will also result in a spinoff company called AuRico Metals, which will hold the Kemess Property in northern British Columbia and three royalty assets.
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