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Recent discovery may give solar cells 1,000% more power

The photovoltaic effect of ferroelectric crystals can grow by creating crystalline layers of barium titanate, strontium titanate and calcium titanate.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | September 23, 2021 | 1:25 am

The future of uranium: A story of supply and demand

This infographic outlines how uranium’s demand and supply fundamentals stack…

Govind Bhutada - Visual Capitalist | September 22, 2021 | 10:59 am

Uranium price rally is a high-stakes bet on future of nuclear power

Prices have surged about 40% just in September, outpacing all…

Bloomberg News | September 22, 2021 | 9:41 am

China vows to end funding for overseas coal power plants

China has been under the pressure from the US and…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 22, 2021 | 3:42 am

How lithium can be efficiently extracted from oil and gas wastewater

Calculations show that a single week’s worth of water from…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 22, 2021 | 12:05 am

Eight still trapped underground at Sibanye mine following seismic event

Contact has been made with three of the workers trapped at the company's Masakhane gold mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 3, 2018 | 8:15 am

Glencore’s Congo mining conundrum

The miner and commodities trader is embroiled in a legal tangle over its copper and cobalt operations in Democratic Republic of Congo, where conflict and changes to regulations have deterred many mining firms.

Reuters | May 3, 2018 | 7:00 am

War on coal making the world’s top mine owners a lot richer

Anglo American Plc, Glencore Plc and BHP Billiton Ltd. are generating the highest profits in years from their coal mines.

Bloomberg News | May 2, 2018 | 11:50 am

Rio Tinto to double number of autonomous drills at Pilbara mines

Driverless trucks at the same iron ore operations already haul over a quarter of both ore and waste material.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 2, 2018 | 9:26 am

Two U.S. coal miners see growth amid sector’s gloom

Most miners producing coal for electricity are getting battered by cheap natural gas and increasingly stringent pollution controls.

Reuters | May 2, 2018 | 3:00 am

Australia corporate watchdog expands legal action against Rio Tinto, former executives

The global miner has denied any wrongdoing in a similar case brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Reuters | May 1, 2018 | 12:29 pm

Fort Hills oilsands ramp up surges over 100,000 bbls/d

The most recent data available from the Alberta Energy Regulator — for December 2017 — shows Fort Hills at 11,525 bbls/d.

JWN Energy | May 1, 2018 | 12:00 pm

Oil hedge fund manager Andurand says $300 ‘not impossible’

Pierre Andurand said the current reluctance of energy companies to invest in new production meant $300 a barrel was "not impossible" within a few years.

Bloomberg News | May 1, 2018 | 11:38 am

Contura, Alpha to merge, creating largest US met coal producer

The deal comes as investors look for consolidation in an industry that is recovering from a deep downturn in 2015 and 2016.

Reuters | April 30, 2018 | 12:57 pm

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