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Brookfield in talks with AGL shareholders after board rejects takeover

Green billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes and Brookfield are pushing on with plans to buy Australia's most polluting company.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 23, 2022 | 4:01 am

New catalyst can turn CO2 into gasoline 1,000 times more efficiently

Stanford University researchers developed a new catalyst that increases the…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 22, 2022 | 5:05 am

Oil surges as Ukraine tensions mount and market giants bullish

West Texas Intermediate traded near $94 a barrel and Brent…

Bloomberg News | February 21, 2022 | 3:32 pm

Canada’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion soars to over $16 billion

The Trudeau government says it will not commit any more…

Nelson Bennett - Business in Vancouver | February 21, 2022 | 2:10 pm

China signals coal reliance to continue with three new mines

China’s top planning agency approved three different billion-dollar coal mine…

Bloomberg News | February 21, 2022 | 8:53 am

Spey Resources betting on vanadium

Spey decided to buy a property in Utah due to the increasing global demand for vanadium.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 17, 2019 | 7:03 am

Mining the Americas in 2019 — a forecast

Canada's cobalt sector and Ecuador's budding mining sector for copper and gold will be investment hot spots.

MINING.com Editor | January 16, 2019 | 3:27 pm

China’s latest mine collapse could cut coal capacity by 100mtpa

Coal prices in Shenmu and Fugu have increased by RMB10-50/t since the accident.

Wood Mackenzie | January 16, 2019 | 7:22 am

Electric cars seen getting cleaner even where grids rely on coal

The global share of zero-carbon electricity generation is set to increase from 38 percent last year to 63 percent by 2040.

Bloomberg News | January 15, 2019 | 3:04 pm

Project Halo rejects favouritism claims in Optimum coal mine buy

The South African consortium distanced itself from allegations that it is linked to the Gupta family, the previous owner of Optimum coal and other two assets.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 15, 2019 | 10:15 am

China’s 2018 iron ore imports fall 1%, first annual drop since 2010

The fall in iron ore purchases for 2018 came as a 70 percent plunge in profit margins since late October cut the incentive for steelmakers to ramp up output and restock raw materials.

Reuters | January 14, 2019 | 3:13 pm

Production falloff could lead to a uranium market rebound

Many investors, including nuclear power utilities, are looking a few years out at what might happen to the price of uranium once a large number of long-term contracts are signed.

Bloomberg News | January 14, 2019 | 8:00 am