Energy Top Stories

Ecuador energy minister nominee withdraws after leaving miner’s board

Ecuador's energy ministry oversees its oil, mining and electricity sectors.

Reuters | May 28, 2021 | 2:45 pm

World’s third-largest pension fund to limit coal-linked investing

South Korea's state pension fund will limit investing in industries…

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 28, 2021 | 3:55 am

Visualizing all the metals for renewable tech

The energy transition will be mineral intensive and create massive…

Nicholas LePan - VC Elements | May 27, 2021 | 5:49 pm

Greece eyes green energy shift with $21 billion in projects

Greece is still dealing with the effects of a decade-long…

Bloomberg News | May 27, 2021 | 1:22 pm

CSIRO, Fortescue want to bring cost of hydrogen production to under A$2

CSIRO and Fortescue join a number of partners in the…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 27, 2021 | 6:06 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