Shell buys Duvernay for 'tight gas' assets The Daily Telegraph | Shell has agreed to pay almost C$6bn (£3bn) for a small Canadian gas company heavily involved in the production of difficult-to- exploit gas reserves. | The price for Calgary- based Duvernay Oil, founded just seven years ago, surprised the market but Shell is anxious to build up assets of what the...
For miners of coal, TSX the place to go public Globe and Mail | Soaring commodity prices have triggered an avalanche of coal miners looking to go public in Canada, including a Pennsylvania producer considering a listing that could value the company at about $1-billion, according to sources. | PBS Coals Inc., a private company that produces three million tonnes...
PC Gold chooses contractor for gold mine Ottowa Business Journal | PC Gold Inc. has picked out a contractor for its northwestern Ontario gold mine, with work expected to start on the Ottawa-based junior mining firm's project in August. | The company said it has selected New Brunswick-based Major Drilling Group Int...
Taiwan's State Oil Company to Mine Oil Sands in Canada Rig Zone | Taipei (dpa) - Taiwan's state-run Chinese Petroleum Corp (CPC) signed a deal with a Canadian firm Thursday to jointly mine oil sands in Canada. | CPC signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Taipei with Canada's Indian Oilsands, which is based...
Mines deal rocks North Toronto Sun TIMMINS -- The Mayor of one of Northern Ontario largest mining cities says Ontario Premier Dalton's McGuinty's "out of the blue" announcement about changes to the Mining Act, will present "huge challenges" to Northern Ontario. | On Monday, Premier Mc...
PC Gold buys bigger stake in Northern Ontario mine Ottowa Business Journal | PC Gold has more than doubled the size of its Pickle Lake mine less than a month after buying the property. | The Ottawa-based mining company said it has staked an additional 2,579 hectares of ground in the Northern Ontario mining camp, increasing ...
Ottawa mined judges' personal tax information Globe and Mail | The Conservative government is facing criticism for using the personal income-tax information of more than 500 sitting federal judges during salary negotiations. | The lawyer who acted as counsel for the judges says the tactic may have violated the...
Lakes Across Canada Face Being Turned Into Mine Dump Sites Common Dreams | CBC News has learned that 16 Canadian lakes are slated to be officially but quietly "reclassified" as toxic dump sites for mines. The lakes include prime wilderness fishing lakes from B.C. to Newfoundland. | Environmentalists say the process amount...
'Persecution is the canary in the coal mine' Canada Dot Com | A parliamentary subcommittee on human rights received a sobering message yesterday after hearing testimony about religious persecution around the world and how Canada should respond to it. | Three hundred Christian girls raped; 7,000 Christians imp...
Fatal mine accident still under review Canada Dot Com | The provincial government continues to review the circumstances surrounding a fatal accident at a northern Saskatchewan gold mine more than a year ago. | In December, the Occupational Health and Safety division cited Claude Resources Inc. for two c...
Explosion at Chinese coal mine leaves 27 miners dead Canoe By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | BEIJING - Twenty-seven miners were found dead after an explosion at a Chinese coal mine, and rescuers were working Saturday to free seven more who remained trapped underground, state media reported. | Explosives went off acc...
Everton mining for gold with purchase worth up to $210,000 Ottowa Business Journal | Everton Resources Inc. is set to buy a gold, copper and zinc mine in the Dominican Republic. | The Ottawa-based junior mining firm said it has signed an agreement to acquire a 100-per-cent interest in the Fresso concession, which is located in the ...
Lush paddy fields as far as the eye can see. So why can't this farmer afford to feed his family? The Guardian | Cambodia produces more rice than it needs, but the soaring cost of fuel is pushing up food prices and forcing villagers to send their children out to work. So what can have gone so catastrophically wrong? Alex Renton reports | Watch Alex Renton's | Lai Phon and I are discussing the international commodities trade. Specifically, why she can no lon...
Rising travel costs give videoconferencing a boost Austin American Statesman | HOPKINTON, Mass. — Bob Basiliere, an EMC Corp. vice president, used to fly to the West Coast every six weeks to meet with his team. Now, when he needs to talk face-to-face with them, all he needs to do is look across an oval table that extends, virtually, from Hopkinton to Santa Clara, Calif. | The high-end videoconferencing system from Cis...
