Energy Top Stories

Protein helps separate rare earths more efficiently than new tech

Biology 1, new tech 0.

Staff Writer | June 4, 2023 | 7:00 am

Solar beats coal in Europe for first time – but there’s a glitch

Solar panels generated more electricity than all of the bloc’s…

Bloomberg News | June 3, 2023 | 11:48 am

World’s first marketplace for authenticated recycled metals has launched

Orbex partnered with the Organization for the Advancement of Structured…

Amanda Stutt | June 2, 2023 | 12:39 pm

Rio Tinto’s Boron mine in California becomes first to switch to renewable diesel

Swap from conventional to renewable diesel brings an anticipated CO2…

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 2, 2023 | 8:25 am

G Mining Ventures de-risks Tocantinzinho gold project with energy deal

The open pit project in northern Para state Brazil is…

Staff Writer | June 1, 2023 | 10:27 am

Biden’s trade plan to kickstart US solar fails to win over industry

Biden's plan included invoking emergency authorities to impose a two-year ban on new tariffs for panels imported from four Southeast Asia nations.

Bloomberg News | June 6, 2022 | 1:12 pm

Explosion at Colombian coal mine kills nine workers, traps six

Nine miners have died and six remain trapped following an explosion at the La Mestiza coal mine in Colombia’s northeastern El Zulia municipality.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | June 5, 2022 | 11:34 am

First test for Australia’s new government is an energy squeeze

Australia generates most of its power using coal, and outages at some aging facilities amid colder-than-usual weather have contributed to the squeeze.

Bloomberg News | June 3, 2022 | 10:20 am

Canada to ramp up oil and gas output to 300,000 barrels per day to help address energy crisis

Government is launching regional energy and resource tables, to be held in every province and territory.

Nelson Bennett - Business in Vancouver | June 2, 2022 | 3:52 pm

How a cheap component could help kill off combustion cars

The humble wire harness has become an unlikely scourge of the auto industry.

Reuters | June 2, 2022 | 11:28 am

Electrification of heavy-duty long-haul operations key to reaching net-zero on road transport by 2050 – report

Experts at BloombergNEF believe that battery-electric trucks are likely to become a viable option for heavy-duty long-haul operations by the end of the 2020s.

Staff Writer | June 2, 2022 | 6:06 am