Energy Top Stories

India asks power firms to import coal on electricity demand

Coal contributes nearly 70% of India’s electricity supply.

Bloomberg News | March 26, 2022 | 2:23 pm

Powerful clouds of methane spotted in Alabama coal country

Powerful clouds of the greenhouse gas methane have been observed…

Bloomberg News | March 25, 2022 | 8:08 am

American company developing house made of coal waste

X-MAT is developing high-strength, lightweight building materials made using domestic…

Staff Writer | March 23, 2022 | 6:06 am

Suncor’s troubled mining unit gains new leader from LNG Canada

Suncor Energy tapped LNG Canada chief executive Peter Zebedee to…

Bloomberg News | March 22, 2022 | 3:54 pm

Gulf widens between fossil fuels, transition to renewable energy

War in Ukraine and the redrawing of the Iron Curtain…

Nelson Bennett - Business in Vancouver | March 22, 2022 | 2:52 pm

China port reportedly bans Australian coal amid Huawei tensions

The U.S. is relentlessly pushing its allies to ban Huawei and China is starting to push back.

Bloomberg News | February 21, 2019 | 12:26 pm

Australia says coal market ‘booming’ as it dismisses Glencore cuts

Coal is expected to displace iron ore as Australia's biggest commodity export earner this financial year.

Reuters | February 21, 2019 | 9:58 am

Anglo American core profit beats, on journey to ‘zero harm’

No degree of financial performance is worth a life.

Reuters | February 21, 2019 | 9:15 am

Canadian miners had a tough 2018, but optimism remains — EY

Ernst & Young’s Canadian Mining Eye index, which tracks the performance of 100 Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange mid-tier and junior miners — dropped 2% in the last quarter of 2018.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 21, 2019 | 9:00 am

Mining stocks rally as copper price hits 7-month high

BHP, Anglo American touch one-year highs.

Frik Els | February 20, 2019 | 1:03 pm

Coal going from winner to loser in India’s energy future

The problem is not its reserves, productions costs, or transportation. Renewable alternatives are just cheaper.

Reuters | February 20, 2019 | 10:58 am

China delays coal imports from Australia as tensions simmer

“I don’t believe for one moment this is linked to some of the higher level issues of relationships between China and the rest of the world.” - Mackenzie

Bloomberg News | February 20, 2019 | 10:43 am

Mining companies operating in Sub-Saharan Africa should invest in renewable energy — report

According to Fitch Solutions, off-grid mines could benefit from reducing their dependency on diesel while taking advantage of the region's favourable climate conditions.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 20, 2019 | 6:44 am

Glencore yields to investor pressure, caps coal production

The mining and trading giant will cap its production of thermal and coking coal at about 150m tonnes per year, close to its planned output level for 2019.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 20, 2019 | 5:10 am

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