A section of a mountain collapsed at a coal mine in China’s northwestern Gansu province.

Aluminum is one of the most energy-intensive metals to make, and the surge in power prices already knocked about 900,000 tons of smelting capacity offline in Europe and North America.

China, which produces more than half the world’s coal, has said consumption won’t peak until 2025.

Reborn Electric Motor's heavy-duty buses are already shuttling workers at Codelco's Teniente mine.

It has been nearly a decade since the Sukunka metallurgical coal mine proposal was first pitched to the BC Environmental Assessment Office.

Malcolm Turnbull and Tom Sigurdsson to bring GlassPoint solar steam technology to help industry achieve net-zero commitments.

A further surge in power prices could knock more plants offline over winter, the region’s biggest metal producers warned.