Energy Top Stories

China’s State Grid warns of tight supply in winter, despite easing power crunch

A wide swathe of China has suffered outages since May as soaring prices and tight supply of coal.

Reuters | November 7, 2021 | 12:28 pm

The charging infrastructure needed to boost EV adoption – report

A new insight by McKinsey & Company lays out the…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 7, 2021 | 11:50 am

New study shows real impact of mountaintop mining on endangered species

Recent research estimated the full extent of water-quality degradation attributable…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | November 7, 2021 | 9:23 am

The energy crisis that helped revive coal is easing, for now

Supplies of coal, the key source of electricity generation in…

Bloomberg News | November 6, 2021 | 4:12 pm

VIDEO: The most important 2000 years of energy history

Most people don’t spend a lot of time pondering the…

MINING.com Editor | November 5, 2021 | 1:17 pm

Technical issue disrupts BHP’s Olympic Dam copper smelter

Company is assessing the impact of an ongoing outage at the processing plant.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 21, 2018 | 5:30 am

BHP annual profit jumps 33 percent, misses forecast

Analysts thought profits would reach $9.27 billion.

Reuters | August 20, 2018 | 4:00 pm

India’s surging coal imports driven by captive power users: Russell

India's coal imports appear headed for another strong month in August, raising the question as to why the usually cost-sensitive market hasn't scaled back purchases given a surge in prices to the highest in nearly seven years.

Reuters | August 20, 2018 | 10:48 am

Turkey tariffs hike on US goods threatens country’s coal imports — WoodMac

Wood Mackenzie predicts that, in the short term, demand for coal will fall due to its higher prices. In the longer term, the new tariffs will slow Turkish economic growth and with that, further weaken the demand for coal.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 17, 2018 | 7:17 am

Abuse of power: Debunking the Trump administration’s national security argument for coal

Recently, administration officials have selectively targeted natural gas and renewable energy generation resources, falsely claiming they pose greater risks.

Center for American Progress | August 16, 2018 | 11:11 am

US to allow mining on land removed from monuments

The US Bureau of Land Management has announced plans to allow increased mining on land that once belonged to two national monuments Donald Trump shrank.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 16, 2018 | 3:45 am

Japan utilities, Glencore set annual coal contract at $110/T

Japanese utilities and global mining giant Glencore have settled an Australian thermal coal import contract for April 2018-March 2019 at $110 a tonne.

Reuters | August 14, 2018 | 10:36 am

Seven die in Pakistan mine blast, six missing

A mine explosion in Pakistan's southwestern city of Quetta killed at least seven coal miners, a mining official said on Monday, with authorities expecting the death toll could rise.

Reuters | August 13, 2018 | 12:33 pm

Soviet collapse echoes in China’s Belt and Road

Like the Soviet Union in the 1970s, China is coming to the end of a long labor-force boom and hoping that an orgy of investment will keep the old magic going while stabilizing its fraying frontiers.

Bloomberg Opinion | August 13, 2018 | 12:03 pm

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