October 24, 2019

Navajo shuts down Spring Creek coal mine over sovereign immunity dispute

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

October 24, 2019

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.

October 22, 2019

Teck Resources rolls out electric buses

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

October 22, 2019

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.

October 21, 2019

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.

October 18, 2019

Australia backs solar farm for two Fortescue iron ore mines

Fortescue said the project would cut carbon emissions by about 40% at its Christmas Creek and Cloudbreak mines.

October 17, 2019

America’s coal country is heading for another wave of layoffs

Global prices for coal shipped to power plants have plunged by more than one-third in the past year in both Europe and Asia.

October 16, 2019

Fortune lies in Canada’s oil sands. Many voters want to leave it there

In a campaign that’s been uncharacteristically personal in tone for Canada, energy and the environment is arguably the key policy area that will decide the election.

October 14, 2019

B2Gold approves investment in hybrid energy system for Fekola mine

The new system will allow fuel savings of 13.1 million litres of heavy fuel oil (HFO) a year.

October 10, 2019

Ecuador woes weigh on SolGold’s shares, projects future

The company's value has halved since May, when a proposed referendum on mining casted doubts on the miner's future in the Andean country.