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Glencore’s Australian coal mine revealed as methane super-emitter

The Hail Creek coal mine leaked an estimated 230,000 tonnes of methane a year in 2018 and 2019, according to researchers.

Bloomberg News | November 29, 2021 | 10:25 am

Lundin Energy exploring sale of $10 billion Nordic oil producer

The sale could rank as one of the largest European…

Bloomberg News | November 29, 2021 | 10:11 am

Spain rejects Berkeley Energia’s uranium plant

Spain’s Ministry for Ecological Transition denied Berkeley Energia’s request to…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 27, 2021 | 12:35 pm

Digital Technology Supercluster launches Earth X-ray for low-impact mining project

Aim is to help mining exploration companies precision-target deposits beneath…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 25, 2021 | 1:37 pm

Pinched by energy crisis, Spanish coal plant slated for closure fires up

The As Pontes coal plant in Spain's Galicia region, has…

Reuters | November 24, 2021 | 6:51 am

‘I was cheated’ – Tales from the collapse of a commodity giant

A former Singapore civil servant recounts how he’s lost almost $36,600 in the implosion of Noble Group Ltd.

Bloomberg News | August 26, 2018 | 11:18 am

Tipping point? Inflation creep at Australia’s mines to erode margins

Rising costs, falling metals prices may eat into margins.

Reuters | August 24, 2018 | 9:44 am

Australia faces increased blackout risks this summer as coal plants age

The risk of blackouts in Australia's upcoming summer has grown from last year as ageing coal-fired power plants have become less reliable.

Reuters | August 23, 2018 | 11:37 am

Australia’s South32 annual profit jumps on robust manganese, alumina demand

Australia's South32 Ltd posted a 16 percent rise in its annual underlying earnings, as healthy demand for manganese and alumina helped offset tepid output at its Illawarra coal project.

Reuters | August 23, 2018 | 9:55 am

Centerra, Kyrgyz Gov’t delay completion of deal over Kumtor mine

Extension of the deadline, the fifth one so far this year, seeks reaching final agreement that would end long-running dispute over the country’s largest gold mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 23, 2018 | 5:55 am

Planes and trains oust miners from top ranks of Canada benchmark

Companies that make and move things are now a bigger part of Canada’s stock market than those that dig them up.

Reuters | August 22, 2018 | 10:57 am

Russian ministries reject proposed windfall tax on metals and mining firms

Russian government ministries have agreed that a proposed windfall tax on metals, mining and chemical companies was inappropriate.

Reuters | August 22, 2018 | 10:03 am

No matter how many leaders Australia knifes, renewable energy will still win: Russell

The problem for Australia is that this isn't something being imagined, it's the reality of a country that can't find political and social consensus on climate politics and the role of its vast reserves of coal, natural gas and even uranium.

Reuters | August 22, 2018 | 9:48 am

Merkel allies pile on the pressure to keep coal plants running

Germany’s states are upping pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel to keep coal-fired power for as long as 30 years as the nation approaches a deadline for setting an exit date from the fossil fuel.

Bloomberg News | August 22, 2018 | 6:45 am

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