China has a monopoly on one of the most strategic metals on the planet, and Washington is anxious to change that.

The deep coal mining industry has been run down, and this has coincided with increased urbanisation and regeneration of land in areas of former mine workings.

The Canadian company says its Dewey Burdock project fits within the US' nuclear energy plans.

Global emissions from energy held steady in 2019 for the first time in three years.

The budget did not outline where the reserve would be built.

Power generation emissions were reduced to the lowest in data going back to 2001.

Miners could bring up to 1,500 MW of generating capacity online in the next few years.