Orano boosts uranium mining and enrichment capacities as market tightensThe state-controlled company is investing to prolong the life of mines in Canada and Kazakhstan.Bloomberg News | October 11, 2024 | 7:36 am
Coal expansion helps lure insurers back to WhitehavenThe development follows Sydney-based Whitehaven’s $3.2 billion purchase of coking-coal…Bloomberg News | October 10, 2024 | 9:03 am
Canada’s green taxonomy unlikely to include new natural gas projectsThe taxonomy will include both low-emitting “green” activities and “transition”…Bloomberg News | October 9, 2024 | 2:11 pm
Zimbabwe’s biggest miners seek $182 million for solar projects Zimbabwe faces an energy shortfall that often triggers the state-owned power company to implement rolling blackouts. Bloomberg News | September 11, 2024 | 11:13 am
Goldman has a stock model that’s challenging ESG assumptions At Goldman, there’s an ESG filter that tells investors to buy coal giant Glencore, and avoid Big Tech staples Microsoft and Alphabet. Bloomberg News | September 10, 2024 | 1:59 pm
Net zero needs more metals, but less extraction from the Earth All the refined metals needed to reach net zero by 2050 will add up to less than the amount of coal mined in 2023 alone, according to Energy Transitions Commission. Bloomberg News | September 10, 2024 | 11:09 am
Kazatomprom warns Ukraine war makes it harder to supply west "It is much easier for us to sell most of our production to Asian partners," CEO Yussupov told the FT. Staff Writer | September 10, 2024 | 8:15 am
Coal India to spend $8 billion on coal-fired plants near mines The state-owned miner has already won approval for 4.7 gigawatts of generation to be built over the next six to seven years. Bloomberg News | September 10, 2024 | 7:35 am
Conuma Resources reopens coal mine in Canada after 24 years The Quintette mine operated for 18 years until the previous owner, Teck Resources, closed it in 2000 due to a decline in coal prices. Staff Writer | September 10, 2024 | 5:12 am
China plans to include steel, cement and aluminum in its carbon market Starting from 2026, importers of steel, fertilizer, cement and chemicals will pay levies based on the carbon footprint of the products they buy. Reuters | September 9, 2024 | 6:50 am
Australian Pacific produces first coal in 17 years at Dartbrook mine The mine, in the Hunter Valley region, was placed on care and maintenance in late 2006 because of operational difficulties and lower coal prices. Staff Writer | September 5, 2024 | 1:37 pm
Orano selects Tennessee site to build uranium enrichment plant The project is also being supported Tennessee's Nuclear Energy Fund, which has about $60 million in approved funding. Reuters | September 4, 2024 | 9:16 am