Energy Top Stories

Nevada Gold Mines invests in 200-MW solar plant

Plant is designed to accelerate its decarbonization program, in line majority owner Barrick Gold's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Roadmap.

Staff Writer | April 13, 2022 | 12:33 pm

American, UK companies join forces to develop largest uranium prospect in Argentina

Evolution Metals acquired a significant position in UrAmerica, the owner…

Staff Writer | April 12, 2022 | 5:05 am

Atalaya, Endesa X to build largest solar farm for a mining operation in Spain

The 50-MW solar facility will be located in the municipality…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | April 10, 2022 | 11:34 am

Canada’s Federal budget includes key measures for mining, oil and gas

Finance Minister brought down a budget that contains billions in…

Nelson Bennett - Business in Vancouver | April 8, 2022 | 12:09 pm

Europe’s other energy problem: relying on Russian nuclear fuel

Nuclear fuel differs from commodities like gas or coal because…

Bloomberg News | April 7, 2022 | 2:26 pm

Rio Tinto rejects push by activist shareholders to reveal emission targets

Miner has hit back at a push to make it more accountable for carbon emissions produced by its customers, including Chinese steel makers.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 18, 2019 | 3:52 am

The coal miner who bet everything on U.S. power markets and lost

Eleven years ago, Cloud Peak Energy Inc. made an all-or-nothing bet its rivals were unwilling to match: that coal would remain indispensable to the U.S. power sector.

Bloomberg News | March 17, 2019 | 11:21 am

Polish Audit Office blasts KGHM acquisition of Chilean copper mine

The body, which looks into the way the Polish state operates and how it spends public funds, says the company has spent more than $5.2B in three years on the underperforming Sierra Gorda mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 15, 2019 | 3:05 am

South Africa’s Exxaro Resources FY earnings jump on higher coal prices

Exxaro's coal export volumes surged to a record 8 million tonnes. Revenue jumped 12% to 25.491 billion rand compared with 22.813 billion rand the previous year.

Reuters | March 14, 2019 | 9:34 am

American Battery Metals ready to drill at Utah vanadium project

The 2019 campaign will include reverse circulation drilling of 10 holes for 3,000 feet.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 14, 2019 | 6:41 am

Greece’s Public Power relaunches coal-fired power plants sale

PPC wants to conclude the sale by May and has been in touch with investors from the United States, Russia and China.

Reuters | March 13, 2019 | 10:51 am

Mining’s dirty secret faces a climate reckoning

Producing a single metric ton of steel in a blast furnace typically releases around 2.3 tons of carbon dioxide, not much less than you’d get from burning a ton of thermal coal for energy.

Bloomberg News | March 13, 2019 | 9:52 am

Fission Uranium hits good grades outside high grade zone

The company hopes to complete a feasibility study and submit the environmental assessment next year.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 12, 2019 | 2:42 pm

When paying $1 for a coal power plant is still paying too much

A New York-based company is in talks to buy the 847-megawatt San Juan Generating Station for $1, after four of its five owners decided to shut it down.

Bloomberg News | March 12, 2019 | 12:55 pm

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