China Ignites Global Coal Market
By SHAI OSTER, Wall Street Journal, May 4, 2010
BEIJING—China's growing appetite for imported coal has ignited coal prices and fueled deal making on the belief that the country, once a major coal exporter, will be a long-term buyer of foreign coal.
Alberta welcomes more Chinese oil sands investment, Stelmach says
By Aileen McCabe, Canwest News Asia Correspondent, Calgary Herald, May 18, 2010
Premier says China clearly on radar for Canada's energy sector
BEIJING — When Premier Ed Stelmach said in Shanghai this week, "our doors are open," it was a clear invitation for more Chinese investment in Alberta's oilsands.
China's reach into Alberta oilsands signifies resource's vital role
By Deborah Yedlin, Calgary Herald, May 14, 2010
CALGARY - In the days following the initial public offering of Athabasca Oil Sands, the chatter at the many fundraising events around town centred on which company would be next to do a deal with a Chinese entity — whether an operating oil and gas concern or with a sovereign wealth fund. The consensus view was when, not if.
China pumps more investment into Alberta oilsands
JASON FEKETE, Calgary Herald, May 13, 2010
CALGARY — China is bolstering its stake in Alberta's oilsands, just as Premier Ed Stelmach jets to Asia to improve relations with the communist country that's increasingly eyeing the province's bitumen bounty and the shifting geopolitics of energy.
Athabasca Oil Sands tanks
Andrew Willis, Globe and Mail, April 8, 2010
Athabasca Oil Sands debut on public markets Thursday was a disaster, with the much-hyped energy company IPO selling off sharply in its first day of trading.
Ottawa puts up barrier to Sinopec bitumen exports
Shawn McCarthy, Globe and Mail, Apr. 14, 2010
Ottawa says it will use its regulatory power to stop Chinese state-controlled Sinopec from exporting raw oil sands bitumen and refining it abroad to take advantage of looser climate-change rules.
Athabasca IPO could hit oilsands record
By Dan Healing, Calgary Herald, March 20, 2010
Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. will go public in one of the highest-priced initial public offering in oilsands history, according to pricing released after markets closed Tuesday.
China: 'no intention' of capping emissions
By Lan Lan, China Daily, 2010-Feb-25
But country 'still committed' to reducing carbon intensity
China has no intention of capping its greenhouse gas emissions even as authorities are committed to realizing the nation's target to reduce carbon intensity through new policies and measures, the country's top climate change negotiators said yesterday.
China prepares for an ice-free Arctic
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), March 1, 2010
For immediate release (Stockholm/Oslo)
China is preparing for the Arctic being navigable during summer months. An ice-free Arctic would provide China shorter shipping routes, possible access to natural resources and the incentive for closer cooperation with Arctic nations, especially the Nordic countries. But it also raises the possibility of new international tensions, according to a new SIPRI study launched in Oslo today.
