First Uranium climbs on water appeal's dismissal

Shares in First Uranium surged 13% higher on Thursday morning, after the gold and uranium producer said the South African Water Tribunal dismissed an appeal an environmental group lodged against one of its major subsidiaries. The Toronto- and...

US Ex-Im Bank urged to deny funding to South Africa’s Kusile

An environmental group is urging a US government-funded bank to deny finance to South Africa’s coal-fired Kusile power project, Milwaukee’s Journal Sentinal reports. Milwaukee hosts two giant mining machine companies – Bucyrus International...

Company expands project footprint in Middle East

Engineering and project delivery company Amec Minproc reports that it is currently carrying out several development reviews for Saudi Arabian gold and base-metals mining company Ma’aden.

Oil sands will shrug off enviro castigation

Make no mistake about it, the Alberta oil sands development will roar on. While shareholder groups of oil multinationals Shell and BP have recently tried to force those companies to pull out of Alberta, politicians like Sarah Palin are shouting...