14 million tonnes a day show why China and India won’t quit coal

Many of the political uncertainties weighing on commodity markets have a significant chance of being addressed in Buenos Aires.

Mining vast untapped reserves of bauxite, phosphate, gold, copper and uranium is key to the Saudi Arabia's efforts to diversify its economy away from hydrocarbons.

The company's 20,000-hectare China Stone thermal coal project is expected to produce 38 million tonnes of coal annually.

The company is selling its 69%-stake in Rossing Uranium Limited, which owns the Namibian mine, to China National Uranium Corporation (CNUC).

Demand for Saudi crude may be lower in January compared with December - Khalid Al-Falih

Britain's High Court quashed the government's rejection of the new mine on the grounds that the minister did not provide adequate evidence for his decision.

Operations at Driefontein, Kloof and Beatrix mines were halted late on Wednesday.

Analysis shows oil consumption growing in coming decades, due to rising petrochemicals, trucking and aviation demand but meeting this growth in the near term means that approvals of conventional oil projects need to double.

Our options are actually quite limited when it comes to the globe’s energy dilemma, the answer is nuclear energy and lithium-ion battery storage technology. Now all we need to do is convince the politicians.