Energy Top Stories

BHP to shut Mount Arthur coal mine as buyers walk

BHP is, hower, seeking approval to keep the mine running beyond 2026, until 2030, amid high coal prices and a tight market.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 16, 2022 | 3:46 am

BP to lead giant green hydrogen project in Western Australia

The project would supply renewable power to local customers in…

Bloomberg News | June 15, 2022 | 1:06 pm

Total, Adani team up for multi-billion dollar Indian hydrogen plans

Adani New Industries’s “ambition” is to invest more than $50…

Bloomberg News | June 14, 2022 | 3:38 pm

Key EU Parliament groups reject green label for gas, nuclear

The European Commission’s proposal to label gas and nuclear as sustainable has…

Bloomberg News | June 14, 2022 | 3:27 pm

Microbes may be capable of causing damage to massive nuclear facility

University of Toronto researchers are studying whether bentonite clay, a…

Staff Writer | June 14, 2022 | 5:02 am

What every mining CEO needs to know about climate change

A new report by McKinsey found 30 to 50% of production of three top commodities is concentrated in areas where water stress is already high.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 29, 2020 | 12:36 pm

Investors urge drillers, miners not to take advantage of Trump environmental rollbacks

The push by the investors comes amid increasing attention by investors to climate and environmental issues.

Reuters | January 29, 2020 | 9:26 am

Germany moves forward with $55bn plan to phase out coal power by 2038

Government has approved legislation that sets out the timetable to close more than 100 coal power plants across the country.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 29, 2020 | 5:53 am

Canada could delay decision on massive oil sands project, says key minister

Ottawa must decide by end-February if Teck Resources Ltd can build the C$20.6 billion ($15.7 billion) Frontier mine in northern Alberta.

Reuters | January 28, 2020 | 8:35 am

Nuclear Waste Management Organization signs agreements with Ontario landowners

The NWMO is looking for a land big enough to host a repository site.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 27, 2020 | 6:10 am

Eskom CEO plans operations overhaul with slower breakup mulled

Eskom’s inability to provide a regular supply of electricity is curbing mining, manufacturing and other industrial output.

Bloomberg News | January 26, 2020 | 1:43 pm

Waste heat recovery could back clean energy power at mine sites

A report suggests that diesel genset efficiency optimization could be the answer to renewables' intermittencies.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | January 26, 2020 | 1:01 pm

Spain nears life without coal sooner than anyone thought

Spain last year cut use of coal faster than anyone else in western Europe.

Bloomberg News | January 22, 2020 | 9:25 am

Greta Thunberg’s endorsement lands Polish coal miner in hot water

A Polish coal mining union chided one of its leaders for meeting the climate activist as a misstep that undermines efforts to keep coal as the country’s key source of energy.

Bloomberg News | January 22, 2020 | 8:10 am

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