Energy Top Stories

Iran bans bitcoin mining, echoing China, after blackouts

Authorities decided to act after concluding the spike in electricity consumption from server farms underpinning Bitcoin and other tokens was a key factor behind rising demand for coal.

Bloomberg News | May 26, 2021 | 8:06 am

Renewable energy hub at abandoned Australian gold mine closer to becoming reality

After long delays, Genex Power’s $602-million pumped-hydro project reached financial…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 25, 2021 | 8:35 pm

Global First Power one step closer to creating Canada’s first small modular reactor

The Ottawa-based company has entered the formal phase of the…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 25, 2021 | 6:06 am

Musk jolts bitcoin higher with push to burnish miners’ image

Elon Musk continued to toy with the price of Bitcoin…

Bloomberg News | May 24, 2021 | 2:19 pm

BHP sells stake in Gulf of Mexico’s Neptune field

BHP has agreed to transfer its 35% ownership interest to…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 21, 2021 | 9:46 am

China halts oil product exports to North Korea in November as sanctions bite

Beijing also imported no iron ore, coal or lead from North Korea in November.

Reuters | December 26, 2017 | 10:20 am

Oil-rich Venezuela is out of gas

"In Venezuela, we are out of gas. In Venezuela, there is no gas oil. In Venezuela, there are no lube oils."

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 26, 2017 | 9:53 am

Ships in a bottleneck: China, Australia ports clogged as coal, iron ore demand soars

With some vessels waiting to load coal and iron ore outside Australian ports for over a month, key charter rates jumped to highest in more than three years.

Reuters | December 21, 2017 | 10:46 am

Coal’s resilience today will prove its ultimate downfall: Gadfly

For all the doom and gloom about the future of coal, the past two years have been a boom time for coal prices that's exceeded by their 2010 to 2012 peak.

Bloomberg Opinion | December 20, 2017 | 4:16 pm

Value of top 50 mining companies surge $140 billion in 2017

More than half the 2017 combined market cap gains for the world's largest listed miners accrued to just five firms as gold producers drop out of top 10.

Frik Els | December 20, 2017 | 3:43 pm

Glencore, Apollo Are said to bid for Rio’s last coal assets

A sale would allow Rio to complete its exit from coal and continue an asset divestment program that has returned more than $7 billion since 2013.

Bloomberg News | December 20, 2017 | 9:45 am

BHP says likely to quit global coal lobby group

BHP said it would seek responses from the World Coal Association over policy differences before making a final decision on whether to quit in March 2018.

Reuters | December 19, 2017 | 8:28 am

Supply cuts a ‘step change’ for uranium price

New report upgrades outlook for uranium sector after two top producers remove a combined 15% of U3O8 from the global market in 2018.

Frik Els | December 18, 2017 | 3:11 pm

Iron ore, coking coal prices are soaring

Iron ore price jumps 5.2%, coking coal rises to levels last seen during cyclone Debbie as Chinese mills restock.

Frik Els | December 18, 2017 | 11:01 am

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