Energy Top Stories

China’s renewables boom year poses major challenges to western markets

Balancing reliance on China’s technology providers with local interests is now a key political as well as environmental challenge, says Wood Mackenzie.

Wood Mackenzie | February 17, 2022 | 11:41 am

Inorganic materials make ultra-thin solar cells more efficient

A new approach used to develop solar cells based on…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 17, 2022 | 6:06 am

Biggest Australia coal plant to shut early as renewables surge

Origin Energy could shutter the Eraring facility, in a coal-mining…

Bloomberg News | February 16, 2022 | 6:37 pm

Glencore coal mine in spotlight as methane hotspot emerges

Scientists estimated the Hail Creek mine spewed between 123,000 and…

Bloomberg News | February 15, 2022 | 11:06 am

Glencore earmarks $1.5 billion for probes amid record profit

The world’s biggest commodity trader expects long-running corruption investigations in…

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 15, 2022 | 3:51 am

A viable alternative to LNG

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.

Richard Mills - Ahead of the Herd | November 21, 2018 | 11:26 am

Indonesia’s push for electrification and its impact on domestic coal – report

Due to better coal economics and relatively unsupportive renewable energy policies, we expect coal to still dominate the fuel mix at more than 60% from now until 2027.

Wood Mackenzie | November 21, 2018 | 10:59 am

Can we expect a major rebound in oil prices?

After declining by more than 20 percent from the October peak, oil prices are showing some signs that they have now bottomed out.

Oilprice.com | November 20, 2018 | 11:23 am

Translating the mindset of peak oil to peak gold

The Mercenary Geologist Mickey Fulp discusses with Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable how peak oil could inform investment in gold miners.

Proven and Probable | November 19, 2018 | 11:46 am

China’s CEFC paid out compensation after Rosneft stake deal fell through

CEFC had signed a deal to buy 14.2 percent of Rosneft from Qatar and Glencore when CEFC Chairman Ye Jianming was put under investigation by the Chinese authorities for suspected economic crimes.

Reuters | November 19, 2018 | 10:30 am

China National Coal signs 5 year supply contracts with state utilities

China National Coal Group will supply in 2019 more than 97 million tonnes of coal to six utilities, with volumes rising in each subsequent year of the deals.

Reuters | November 19, 2018 | 10:06 am

Congo lifts export ban on Glencore’s copper and cobalt unit

Katanga Mining and its Kamoto copper and cobalt mine is one of Glencore’s most important growth projects.

Bloomberg News | November 16, 2018 | 1:51 pm

Australia’s coal revival in full swing by 2019

The outlook for coal depends basically on the growth of electricity and steel production in Asia.

Resources Monitor | November 16, 2018 | 10:02 am

BHP blames driver error, brake problem for runaway train wreck

BHP said its initial findings of the Nov. 5 incident showed the nearly 3-km (1.9 miles) long train came to a halt after a braking system control cable became disconnected.

Reuters | November 16, 2018 | 9:50 am

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