Energy Top Stories

Belgium to extend life of nuclear reactors by another decade

The decision aims to secure supply amid record-high energy prices.

Bloomberg News | March 19, 2022 | 12:13 pm

AGL gets greenlight for Liddell battery in push away from coal

AGL Energy wants to build a 500-megawatt battery on the…

Bloomberg News | March 19, 2022 | 11:58 am

Mining industry needs to build a new pipeline of talent for the long term, says Komatsu CEO

Jeff Dawes explains how OEMs are getting on the sustainability…

Staff Writer | March 17, 2022 | 11:20 am

Energy traders lobby for urgent funds to avoid liquidity crisis

The European Federation of Energy Traders is petitioning for “emergency…

Bloomberg News | March 16, 2022 | 10:59 am

The view from England: Uranium is hot once again

The prices of coal and oil have also risen, but…

Chris Hinde | March 16, 2022 | 7:20 am

China’s slowdown is miners’ single biggest fear this year — report

Based on answers from 51 senior executives, lawyers White & Case say that trade tensions are the second largest challenge for the mining industry in 2019 and reveal what the underlying full-picture looks like.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 18, 2019 | 2:50 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

Merkel seeks to heal rift over role of coal in Germany’s economy

The Chancellor will use a Tuesday dinner meeting in Berlin to press a panel plotting an exit from the world’s most widely used power-plant fuel.

Bloomberg News | January 13, 2019 | 9:46 am

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