Energy Top Stories

Major German coal miner to invest $1.6 billion in green energy

LEAG will develop 7 gigawatts of wind and solar by 2030 at the Boxberg opencast mine, with the first gigawatt of generating capacity commissioned in four years time.

Bloomberg News | June 15, 2023 | 1:35 pm

NexGen, Metis Nations sign IBA for Rook 1 uranium project in Saskatchewan

The IBA defines the environmental, cultural, economic, employment, and other…

Staff Writer | June 15, 2023 | 10:25 am

Norsk Hydro produces world’s first aluminum using green hydrogen

The Norwegian producer replaced natural gas with green hydrogen during a test…

Bloomberg News | June 15, 2023 | 7:26 am

BlackRock fund targets greening of materials sector

Investors are increasingly focused on what actions companies in industries…

Reuters | June 13, 2023 | 8:19 am

CanAlaska to start drilling at Geikie uranium project

The company, which has a 60% stake in the project,…

Staff Writer | June 13, 2023 | 8:04 am

Glencore unit pleads guilty to bribery in Africa

Glencore Energy admitted to paying more than $28 million in bribes to secure preferential access to oil in five countries.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 21, 2022 | 3:48 am

Surging energy prices force Japanese steel giant to revisit coal

Nippon Steel currently has minority stakes in six coking coal assets, mostly in Australia.

Bloomberg News | June 20, 2022 | 2:47 pm

Germany is taking steps to bolster gas supplies, Habeck says

The German government is preparing to fire up more coal plants to keep the use of gas at a minimum.

Bloomberg News | June 19, 2022 | 2:07 pm

New Wyoming facility to boost extraction of REEs from coal

The Wyoming Innovation Center is a place for companies and researchers to work on developing asphalt, graphene, graphite, agricultural char, and carbon fibre, and extract rare earths from coal and coal byproducts.

Staff Writer | June 19, 2022 | 1:37 pm

Australia’s opposition party flags more ambitious emissions goal

But coal and gas are going to continue to be “part of the mix.”

Bloomberg News | June 19, 2022 | 10:57 am

War derails plan to ditch coal after UK championed global cuts

The UK aims to keep a reserve of coal-fired plants available this winter rather than shutting almost all of them as planned

Bloomberg News | June 19, 2022 | 10:38 am

New mapping method may lead to discovery of new geothermal energy, green metal resources

Researchers at the University of Twente developed a new method to analyze the earth's continental crust.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | June 19, 2022 | 6:10 am

Oil producers are planning the world’s biggest floating wind farm

The companies are looking at options to build a 1-gigawatt wind farm to power operations in the Troll and Oseberg oil and gas fields in the North Sea.

Bloomberg News | June 17, 2022 | 3:09 pm

How the energy market buckled in a fossil fuel superpower

Australia has set alarms ringing over the challenge faced even by developed nations in managing and regulating the energy transition.

Bloomberg News | June 17, 2022 | 2:41 pm

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