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US$150 billion mining investment needed to avoid looming supply shortages: Wood Mackenzie

US$150 billion mining investment needed to avoid looming supply shortages: Wood Mackenzie

The global mining industry could be paving the way for a major supply shortage as miners are...
Catalyst Paper hit with $1.3m in countervailing duties

Catalyst Paper hit with $1.3m in countervailing duties

Around the same time that Catalyst Paper Corp. was investing in the U.S. with the acquisition of...
Squamish First Nation greenlights Woodfibre LNG project

Squamish First Nation greenlights Woodfibre LNG project

The Squamish First Nation has given the green light to the $1.7 billion Woodfibre LNG project in the form of...
Price of oil to stay low until end of 2016: expert

Price of oil to stay low until end of 2016: expert

Don’t expect the price of oil to rebound anytime soon, an energy expert told...
Junior miners consider jumping to jade from gold

Junior miners consider jumping to jade from gold

B.C. jade has become such a hot commodity it has spawned its own reality TV series
Gas in, gas out: the waterless fracking alternative

Gas in, gas out: the waterless fracking alternative

Drought raises appeal of using natural gas instead of water to fracture rock in wells
One dead, several injured after violence breaks out at B2Gold’s Nicaragua mine

One dead, several injured after violence breaks out at B2Gold’s Nicaragua mine

A police officer is dead and several people were injured after violence broke out at...
Teck stock takes 17% bounce in two days

Teck stock takes 17% bounce in two days

Major mining stocks have taken a healthy bounce over the last couple ofdays, prompting some analysts to...
$860 million gas plant near Dawson Creek will be largest in decades

$860 million gas plant near Dawson Creek will be largest in decades

Western Canada's largest gas plant in 30 years will be built in the middle of an oil downturn
Government won’t set guidelines for number of British Columbians BC Hydro must hire for Site C

Government won’t set guidelines for number of British Columbians BC Hydro must hire for Site C

The Province of British Columbia will not be setting guidelines or goalson how...