Canada Coal

• Coalcorp Bidding Group Drops Proposal But Still Interested in Coal Miner

  By Romina Maurino  |  February 5, 2008

  The investment group leading a takeover bid for Coalcorp Mining Inc. still is interested in the company.

• Entitlement Scrap Over Coalbed Methane Gaining Force in Alberta's Oilpatch

  By Dina O'meara  |  March 29, 2007

  Two opposing camps prepared to act on a new ruling around ownership of coalbed methane site found on non-Crown lands in Alberta.

• Coal Technology Key to Canada's Fuel Future

  By Cassandra Szklarski  |  February 9, 2006

  Alberta Energy Minister Greg Melchin has a message for power-hungry Ontario: coal is the fuel of the future.

• Canada's Booming Coal Mining Industry in the Spotlight

  By Derek Moscato  |  August 24, 2005

  With soaring demand from Asia and key investments from home and abroad, Canada's thriving coal industry is set to reap the benefits.

• Canada's Coal Bed Methane Losing its Buzz

  By Craig Stanley  |  June 20, 2005

  High costs, technical challenges and environmental factors suggest Canada's coal bed methane potential may not live up to its hype.

• Coking Coal Prices at 'One in a Lifetime Number' - Fording President

  By James Stevenson  |  May 4, 2005

  Record-high prices for steel-making coal have reached a ''once-in-a-lifetime number,'' the head of Canada's largest coal miner told investors Wednesday.

• Despite Kyoto, Nova Scotia Praises Old King Coal

  By Murray Brewster  |  March 13, 2005

  Environmentalists and Nova Scotia officials have a different vision of the future for four coal-fired power stations in the province.

• B.C. Coal Boom Stokes Political Embers

  By Derek Moscato  |  January 20, 2005

  British Columbia politicians quibble over piddling amount of coal related revenue that might have made the sale of a railway more attractive to the state tax collectors.

• Western Canadian Gets Funding as Key Wolverine Permit Granted

  By Stephen Clayson  |  January 20, 2005

  With environmental permit in hand, Western Canadian sets out to raise C$100m through a private placement to fund its growth profile.