Energy Top Stories

Zambian copper mines desperate for power find an unlikely savior

Zambia has almost run out of water for generation at Kariba, the world’s biggest man-made reservoir.

Bloomberg News | September 13, 2024 | 9:27 am

Britain’s approval of new coal mine unlawful, court rules

Developer West Cumbria Mining says the project would be "a…

Reuters | September 13, 2024 | 7:39 am

Indonesia’s Adaro plans $2.5 billion coal sale in green turn

The company, which is one of country’s biggest coal miners,…

Bloomberg News | September 12, 2024 | 5:18 pm

China nickel tycoon seeks growth in US energy storage market

REPT BATTERO Energy, a unit of Tsingshan Holding Group, this…

Bloomberg News | September 11, 2024 | 4:38 pm

Zimbabwe’s biggest miners seek $182 million for solar projects

Zimbabwe faces an energy shortfall that often triggers the state-owned…

Bloomberg News | September 11, 2024 | 11:13 am

Paladin’s uranium deal signals M&A push for rich Canadian deposits

Paladin Energy’s $833 million offer to buy Canadian mining firm Fission Uranium is all about geography.

Bloomberg News | June 24, 2024 | 11:47 am

Paladin Energy to buy Fission Uranium for $833 million

The deal comes at a time when prices for uranium, used to fuel most of the world's nuclear reactors supplying 16% of the global energy, have increased significantly last year due to rising demand and limited supply.

Reuters | June 24, 2024 | 6:44 am

E-fuels offer cleaner alternative to fossil fuels, but production cost a key challenge — report

E-fuels can offer a solution to power critical segments of transportation such as ships, long-haul aircraft and heavy-duty commercial vehicles, the firm says.

Staff Writer | June 23, 2024 | 8:52 am

Mining M&A stokes coal race against cleaner power

Many banks, insurers and investors have backpedalled from or abandoned the carbon-belching fossil fuel.

Reuters | June 20, 2024 | 10:07 am

Orano says Niger has removed mining permit for its Imouraren unit

The French miner said it remains willing to keep all channels of communication open with the Niger authorities on this subject.

Reuters | June 20, 2024 | 9:49 am

Graphite can come from a surprising source: methane

Oakland-based Molten Industries has developed a specialized technique to break methane into graphite.mo

Bloomberg News | June 20, 2024 | 7:22 am

Shareholders warn Nippon Steel faces higher decarbonization costs with US Steel takeover

An activist shareholder group said the potential addition of U.S. Steel's 11 blast furnaces to Nippon Steel's operations will almost certainly increase the company's cost of decarbonization.

Reuters | June 20, 2024 | 6:58 am

US backs Angola plan to process critical minerals, export power

The southern African nation, one of the top crude producers on the continent, has become a focus for the US in its campaign to secure critical minerals such as copper as it competes against China.

Bloomberg News | June 19, 2024 | 4:22 pm

Omnigen Energy gets $46 million financing to develop 20 solar power plants in Minas Gerais

Minas Gerais is the largest distributed generation market in Brazil with 2.5GWp already installed.

Staff Writer | June 19, 2024 | 3:38 pm

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