• Alberta trims $6.5-billion from surplus
  by NORVAL SCOTT
  18 Nov 2008 at 8:47pm
  Precipitous drop in commodity prices is main cause for the changed projections
  
• Former trader pleads guilty in fraud that cost BMO $850-million
  by TARA PERKINS
  18 Nov 2008 at 8:44pm
  Trader earned increasingly large bonuses
  
• Syncrude reaches royalty deal
  by NORVAL SCOTT
  18 Nov 2008 at 7:55pm
  Under new agreement, the province's largest oil sands producer will pay back $5-billion over 25 years
  
• How to Invest in Commodities
  by Hard Assets Investor
  18 Nov 2008 at 5:57pm
  Hard Assets Investor submits:

  It's not an easy decision to make. The explosion of interest in commodities investing has been accompanied by an explosion in the types and styles of financial product...

  
  
• Aluminum touches three-year low
  by Anna Stablum
  18 Nov 2008 at 4:44pm
  Zinc rises 6.5 per cent on short-covering, production cutbacks
  
• Platinum gains on bargain-hunting
  by Frank Tang and Humeyra Pamuk
  18 Nov 2008 at 4:39pm
  Mine closings tighten supply as Johnson Matthey says platinum prices could fall to $700 an ounce
  
• Oil price continues slide
  by MARK WILLIAMS
  18 Nov 2008 at 4:35pm
  U.S. motorists beginning to drive more as gasoline prices fell by record amount in October
  
• De Beers to cut diamond output in Canada
  18 Nov 2008 at 4:20pm
  Company will trim production by up to 20 per cent because of demand weakness, Canadian CEO says
  
• Big oil may be ready for big moves
  by JOHN PORRETTO
  18 Nov 2008 at 3:13pm
  Consolidation may be the name of the game for oil firms as they cope with high costs and lower prices
  
• A peek behind TransCanada's share issue
  by STEVE LADURANTAYE
  18 Nov 2008 at 3:01pm
  The pipeline operator has raised $1-billion. What's at stake?
  
• Lonmin's profit up 45%, but cuts to come
  by JANE WARDELL
  18 Nov 2008 at 12:57pm
  Description is not available
  
• Is China the Next Shoe or the Final Capitulation?
  by Cam Hui
  18 Nov 2008 at 2:37am
  Cam Hui submits:

  China, with its enormous reserves, had long been regarded by many investors as the last bulwark against the financial conflagration sweeping the globe. Now comes this story indica...

  
  
• Tuesday Outlook: Commodities, Emerging Markets
  by David Fry
  17 Nov 2008 at 10:17pm
  David Fry (ETF Digest) submits:

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• Food: Against Self-Sufficiency
  by Felix Salmon
  17 Nov 2008 at 3:52pm
  Felix Salmon submits:

  Jim Surowiecki wants to turn the agricultural clock back to the days when countries forced their agricultural producers to feed only a national, not an international, consumer...

  
  
• Weekly Outlook: Soft Commodities, Metals
  by Matthew Bradbard
  17 Nov 2008 at 9:22am
  Matthew Bradbard submits:

  It’s tough to keep up with the day to day happenings, but the most important recent events as we see it are the re-structuring of the TARP, the announcement of a Chinese s...

  
  

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Behind the scenes in the energy industry

• Devon Energy sails away from Equatorial Guinea
  by Norval Scott
  8 Apr 2008 at 1:26pm
  Unusual news from Africa today. Devon Energy – a mid-size U.S. independent, that has a large Cana...
  
• How to kick oil dependency
  by Shawn McCarthy
  3 Apr 2008 at 3:42pm
  Robert Zubrin is an author of science fiction novels and a proponent of a manned mission to Mars,...
  
• The Kremlin reconsiders
  by Shawn McCarthy
  31 Mar 2008 at 12:07pm
  Russia is a real energy superpower, with the world's largest natural gas reserves and second only...
  
• The value of a loonie
  by Norval Scott
  25 Mar 2008 at 12:29pm
  One of the cris de coeur heard from Canada's oil patch last year was that while companies were en...
  
• How much crude does the U.S. want?
  by Norval Scott
  19 Mar 2008 at 6:46pm
  Nymex crude futures saw their biggest one-day price drop Wednesday since 1991, falling nearly $5 ...
  
• Transalta 1, Luminus 0
  by Norval Scott
  18 Mar 2008 at 3:50pm
  So far in 2008, the Canadian oil patch has seen a surprising number of shareholder/board disputes...
  
• Good luck with Harper government
  by Shawn McCarthy
  17 Mar 2008 at 5:47pm
  It’s gotten nowhere with the National Energy Board, so now the union representing Canada’s energy...
  
• Chad and crude prices
  by Norval Scott
  17 Mar 2008 at 2:27pm
  One of the more interesting side notes in crude’s run-up to its current exorbitant levels is the ...
  
• BP's new faith in Canada
  by Norval Scott
  17 Mar 2008 at 12:36pm
  BP PLC has taken another step towards re-establishing itself as a major Canadian player, as it ha...
  
• Skunks at the oil boom party
  by Shawn McCarthy
  13 Mar 2008 at 12:05pm
  Talk about playing the role of smelly rodent at a garden party! Forget about crude prices hitting...