Resources & Agriculture

Catalyst Paper recorded a net loss of $11.7 million in the second quarter of 2012, an improvement over the $25.6 million loss the previous quarter.

Vancouver-based First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (TSX:FM) beat analyst estimates August 1 even though it revealed that second quarter profit fell 9% thanks to lower copper prices and higher production costs.

Vancouver-based Western Wind Energy Corp. is fighting back after a group of shareholders yesterday nominated an alternative slate of directors.

Union of B.C. chiefs warns Harper government and Enbridge to expect legal challenges and blockades

Concerned shareholders are pushing five new nominees for the board of Vancouver-based Western Wind Energy Corp. (TSX: WND), after the company announced plans to sell.

Energy

With notice-of-work applications backlog reduced, industry calls for faster processing

Richmond-based Catalyst Paper today announced the permanent closure of its Snowflake recycle mill in northeastern Arizona and its subsidiary, the Apache Railway Co.

Northern Gateway proponent Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB), which was recently blasted for its response to a 2010 pipeline oil spill in Michigan, announced over the weekend that it had found and contained a crude oil spill. Earlier this month, a U.S.

Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TSX:IVN) has raised $1.8 billion through a rights offering sale of sale of common shares to help fund the construction of an $11.3 billion copper-gold mine in Mongolia.