Energy Top Stories

Clean energy sets $1.1 trillion record that’s bound to be broken

2022 was the first year when investment in decarbonizing energy surpassed $1 trillion.

Bloomberg News | January 26, 2023 | 8:03 am

How tungsten can help make nuclear fusion energy a reality

Researchers say that improving tungsten-heavy alloys is key to making…

Staff Writer | January 26, 2023 | 5:05 am

Eskom paid $561 million in penalties on Medupi coal contract

The utility’s previous attempts to renegotiate the deal with Exxaro…

Bloomberg News | January 24, 2023 | 8:43 am

Steelmaking breakthrough could save money and emissions

Steel production accounts for about 7% of the world’s carbon…

Bloomberg News | January 24, 2023 | 8:35 am

Cutting coal mine methane offers steelmakers quick climate win

Steel manufacturers should work with coal producers to curb methane…

Bloomberg News | January 23, 2023 | 2:12 pm

Greenhouse gas emissions at gold mines unaffected by lockdowns — report

S&P Global Market Intelligence reviewed 2020 sustainability reports from more than 90 gold mines globally.

MINING.com Editor | August 20, 2021 | 3:06 pm

Jet, diesel fuel from ethanol now easier to produce

Researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, LanzaTech and Oregon State University have made it easier to convert alcohol sourced from renewable or industrial waste gases into jet or diesel fuel.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 20, 2021 | 6:06 am

Nuclear plant in Alabama now uses 3D-printed components

The Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant has become one of the first plants in the world to use 3D-printed fuel assembly brackets.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 19, 2021 | 6:06 am

Russell: BHP’s petroleum exit shows oil and gas may follow coal’s path to toxic status

It's likely that this deal signals that the era of paying premiums to acquire oil and gas assets is over.

Reuters | August 18, 2021 | 10:32 pm

Mexico leads LatAm push for more control of resource revenue

Over the past four years, Mexico has risen the most in the Resource Nationalism Index rankings.

Reuters | August 18, 2021 | 4:07 pm

Uranium growth hormone

Analysis of the uranium market shows that it barely, if at all responds to changes in demand and supply.

Irina Dorokhova - Rosatom | August 17, 2021 | 2:42 pm

Woodside snares BHP oil, gas business in $28 billion merger

BHP's exit from petroleum, which made up just 5% of its annual earnings, speeds up its exit from fossil fuels amid pressure from environmentally conscious investors.

Reuters | August 17, 2021 | 2:16 pm

Most miners are falling short of carbon cuts needed for UN goal

Only 11 out of 46 metal and mining companies analyzed by Bloomberg Intelligence have carbon-reduction targets that match levels needed for the UN goal.

Bloomberg News | August 17, 2021 | 9:33 am

BHP closer to exiting oil and gas with Woodside merger talks

Move would cement the world’s top miner’s exit from the oil and gas industry amid increasing pressure to curb emissions.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 16, 2021 | 3:29 am

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