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Shares in Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (NYSE:FCX) reacted negatively to reports that the number one publicly-held copper producer's sale of oil and gas assets could…
Britain’s recent decision to leave the European Union may hinder its 15-year plan to shut down coal-fired power stations and decommission all but one of…
Bolivia, one of the poorest countries in Latin America, has began shipping lithium to China in what is considered the first step towards fulfilling its…
Despite grim outlooks and U.S.-led global efforts to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, the coal industry is experiencing an unexpected but welcome windfall with prices…
A massive wildfire raging through the northern part of Alberta has swelled in size and surged north of Fort McMurray, destroying an evacuated oil sands…
Enbridge (TSX, NYSE:ENB), Canada’s largest pipeline company, swung back into profit in the first three months of the year, compared to last years loss, thanks…
As cold temperatures and light rain have stabilized a massive wildfire that destroyed vast parts of FortMcMurray, the heart of Canada’s oil sands industry, companies…
Japanese trading firm Mitsui & Co warned Wednesday that it is set to post its first annual loss since being established in 1947, after a…
Citizens of Oregon will no longer derive their energy from coal, putting the environmentally-conscious state at the front of the line of U.S. jurisdictions that…
The Canadian province of Quebec will seek an injunction against TransCanada (NYSE:TRP) to ensure that its proposed $15.7-billion Energy East pipeline project complies with the…
Global stocks sank to their lowest levels since 2013 on Wednesday, hit by yet another drop in oil prices and the IMF’s lower growth forecast…
Mining and commodities giant Glencore (LON:GLEN) said Monday it is cutting production and 80% of the remaining staff at its Collinsville mine in Australia’s North…
The Alberta government has done what it promised to do during its election campaign earlier this year, imposing measures to combat climate change including a…
Suncor Energy (TSX, NYSE:SU), Canada's dominant oil sands player, warned Tuesday that production would drop next year as a result of major planned maintenance work…
Murray Energy says the new standards, which decrease the threshold for ground-level ozone to 70 parts per billion, set the levels so that even some…
Canada's Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a group of Ecuadorian villagers can proceed with their US$9.5 billion pollution lawsuit against Chevron Corp. (NYSE:CVX) in…
EPA says that about 3 million gallons of toxic wastewater, triple previous estimates, have poured from an old Colorado gold mine into local streams…
Suncor Energy (TSX, NYSE:SU), Canada's largest oil and gas producer, is looking to replace high-pressure steam used to extract bitumen from oil sands with radio…
Capital investment in Canada’s oil sands is expected to hit $23 billion this year, about 30% less than last year as lower oil prices and…
Valemax leaving one of Brazil’s top ports.(Image from archives) Iron ore giant Vale (NYSE:VALE), the world’s No. 1 producer of the steel-making material, is said…