Energy Top Stories

Oil posts first monthly drop this year as OPEC hikes supply

West Texas Intermediate dropped below $106 a barrel on Thursday, posting a monthly decline of 7.8%.

Bloomberg News | June 30, 2022 | 2:53 pm

Four charts reveal seismic shifts in global energy within one lifetime

Wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, and small hydropower are now 13%…

Bloomberg News | June 30, 2022 | 8:59 am

Rio Tinto, Corona Canada pilot country’s first specially-marked low carbon can

Rio Tinto will leverage insights from its initiative to allow consumers…

Staff Writer | June 29, 2022 | 4:56 pm

Prices triple in Brazil’s lopsided market for carbon credits

Something is amiss in Brazil’s biggest carbon market.

Bloomberg News | June 29, 2022 | 10:01 am

Seismic noise analyses help identify potential hazards at mine sites

The key is extracting and separating the signals generated from…

Staff Writer | June 29, 2022 | 6:06 am

Top US private coal miner Murray Energy files for bankruptcy

The Ohio-based miner is the eighth coal company to go under over the past year as demand for the fossil fuel continues to diminish.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 29, 2019 | 3:38 am

Oil posts biggest weekly gain in five weeks as supplies tighten

Futures in New York rose for a fourth day while US crude stockpiles fell for the first time in six weeks.

Bloomberg News | October 25, 2019 | 1:55 pm

Newmont Goldcorp board approves Tanami expansion 2 project

The Tanami expansion project is anchored on the expansive Auron deposit.

MINING.com Editor | October 25, 2019 | 1:28 pm

Metals sector in costly battle to turn green

Environmental concerns have moved to the top of the agenda in recent years with heightened awareness of climate change amid public protests.

Reuters | October 25, 2019 | 11:33 am

Navajo shuts down Spring Creek coal mine over sovereign immunity dispute

The Navajo Nation could face up to $1 billion in clean up costs.

Amanda Stutt | October 24, 2019 | 12:33 pm

Coal power plants face $7.3 billion losses in Europe in 2019

Almost 80% of lignite and hard coal-fired generators will be unprofitable this year, a hit the industry is unlikely to survive without government help.

Bloomberg News | October 24, 2019 | 10:41 am

Teck Resources rolls out electric buses

This represents the first use of electric passenger buses for employee transport in the Canadian mining industry.

MINING.com Editor | October 22, 2019 | 3:04 pm

Analysts say divestment can’t stop ocean of demand for oil

Some pension funds are now bowing to pressure from the divestment movement and shedding at least some of their oil and gas investments. So are insurance companies.

Nelson Bennett - Business in Vancouver | October 22, 2019 | 12:16 pm

BHP switches to green power for Chilean copper starting 2021

Miners, which often use fossil fuels as the energy source in their operations, are shifting to renewable generation as the cost of wind and solar power drops.

Reuters | October 21, 2019 | 8:59 am

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