Energy Top Stories

China’s weak industrial recovery is weighing on coal consumption

Key industrial users of the fuel including steel mills and cement plants are demanding more discounts on coal purchases to help cover losses.

Bloomberg News | May 11, 2023 | 8:23 am

Scientists find two different types of water in lithium-rich salt flats

US-based researchers have characterized for the first time two types…

Staff Writer | May 11, 2023 | 6:08 am

Glass Lewis joins call for increased Glencore disclosure on coal

Glencore is one of the world’s top thermal coal exporters…

Reuters | May 11, 2023 | 4:50 am

Africa needs $700 billion of finance for green energy and metals

The continent’s financial institutions won’t be able to provide even…

Bloomberg News | May 10, 2023 | 7:48 am

Automakers say proposed US emissions rules pose challenges

The EPA has proposed sharp emissions cuts that it estimates…

Reuters | May 9, 2023 | 3:30 pm

Anglo American, Nippon Steel to work on low-carbon steelmaking

They will work on solutions for lower-carbon steelmaking, a process responsible for up to 9% of global greenhouse emissions.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 14, 2022 | 3:55 am

Heat waves across Europe show dangers of weakening climate goals

Record-high temperatures had brought the earliest-ever heat wave across large sections of France, as well as to Spain and parts of Italy.

Bloomberg News | July 13, 2022 | 9:29 pm

Glencore expands coal mining in an Australian methane hotspot

The Hail Creek mine spewed between 123,000 and 263,000 metric tons of methane last year, according to scientists at the SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research.

Bloomberg News | July 13, 2022 | 2:04 pm

US says it is concerned critical minerals vulnerable to manipulation

Energy Secretary said the government is concerned that supplies of critical minerals could be subject to weaponisation as oil and gas have been amid the Ukraine conflict.

Reuters | July 12, 2022 | 4:28 pm

Fossil fuel deals aren’t worth it for banks, climate group says

For 22 leading global banks, the multi-million dollar revenues from arranging bond sales for coal, oil and gas companies pale in comparison to the climate impact of their emissions profile.

Bloomberg News | July 12, 2022 | 7:37 am

Cost reductions for renewables may stall in Australia – report

Inflation and supply chain disruptions are to blame for the stall of cost reductions for renewable energy in Australia, according to the 2022 GenCost report.

Staff Writer | July 12, 2022 | 6:06 am

Gold-uranium mine in South Africa sheds new light on life’s power generators below earth’s surface

For the first time, there is an insight into how energy is stored deep in the earth’s subsurface.

Staff Writer | July 10, 2022 | 7:45 am

Top 50 mining stocks lose $600bn in market value from peak

After a brutal second quarter, investors in the world’s 50 biggest mining companies are in full retreat as metal prices slump and uncertainty grips the sector.

Frik Els | July 8, 2022 | 2:53 pm

Tata Power plans to invest $9.5 billion in clean energy push

The company joins peers Adani Group and JSW Energy in planning major investments in renewables as India strives to triple its clean power capacity to 500 gigawatts by the end of the decade.

Bloomberg News | July 8, 2022 | 1:35 pm

First

Last