May 23, 2014 Billions of barrels-worth of shale oil found in southern England The discovery has already pushed British authorities to start mulling plans to ease rules on accessing shale oil and gas, including drilling without landowners' permission.
May 23, 2014 EPA sued over process that could block Pebble Mine in Alaska The suit says the agency may kill the project before mine plans are finalized or it’s evaluated through the permitting process.
May 23, 2014 Barclays gets a US$44 million fine over gold fix On top of the fine, one of the bank's former traders has been banned from working in London.
May 22, 2014 Petronas CEO warns BC against ‘unrealistic expectations’ on LNG The B.C. government’s annual three-day LNG Conference opened May 21 in the shadow of an announcement that Russia had signed a $400 billion, 30-year deal to supply natural gas to…
May 22, 2014 Measuring concrete cracks safely and accurately using the Leica Viva TS11 KUMONOS Leica Geosystems and Kansai Construction Survey Company announced today the release of the KUMONOS system, a safe and easy-to-use concrete crack monitoring system using the Leica Viva TS11 Total Station.
May 22, 2014 Canadian firms sue Barrick over divisive Pascua-Lama project The lawsuit alleges Barrick knew or should have known that it would have to overcome significant obstacles with its $8.5bn Pascua-Lamas gold-silver project.
May 22, 2014 Gold miners consolidate in South America On May 21, 2014 Rio Alto Mining (RIOM-NYSE) announced that it would buy Sulliden Gold (SUE-TSX.V) in a deal valued at $300-million, creating a Peru-focussed gold miner.
May 22, 2014 Pro-Russia rebels seize coal mines in Ukraine, demand explosives Separatists seized Thursday four Ukrainian coal mines in the east of the conflict-torn country.
May 22, 2014 Japan not allowed restarting nuclear plant This is the first time a lawsuit brought by anti-nuclear plaintiffs has been successful in Japan's forty-year history of nuclear power.
May 22, 2014 Ghana to stop handing out gold exploration permits An initial 90-day moratorium on new prospecting permits could be extended if necessary, authorities said.
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
