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Musk jolts bitcoin higher with push to burnish miners’ image

Elon Musk continued to toy with the price of Bitcoin Monday, taking to Twitter to indicate support for what he says is an effort by miners to make their operations greener.

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

Asian commodities-linked stocks slide as China talks prices down

Australian miner BHP Group Ltd. and Korean steelmaker Posco were…

Bloomberg News | May 19, 2021 | 8:38 pm

As banks shun coal, Vietnam emerges an unlikely solar champion

Vietnam has seen a 100-fold increase in solar power over…

Bloomberg News | May 19, 2021 | 8:11 pm

Op-Ed: A realistic path for improved carbon performance in mining

Investors with deep pockets and major market influence are pushing…

Anthony Milewski | May 19, 2021 | 1:59 pm

ArcelorMittal coal miners widen strike in Kazakhstan

A sit-in by miners of ArcelorMittal's Kazakh unit widened to all of the firm's coal mines on Tuesday as hundreds of workers demanded a 100 percent wage rise.

Reuters | December 12, 2017 | 8:51 am

World’s biggest floating solar power plant starts operating atop former coal mine

China Three Gorges says this would be not only the largest but also the "most intelligent solar power project with the most advanced technology in the world."

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 12, 2017 | 7:13 am

US Senate Chairman presses nuclear regulators on uranium exports by US firm owned by Russia

Senator John Barrasso is expanding a 2010 investigation into the Obama administration’s approval of the sale of Uranium One’s uranium recovery facilities to the Russian state-owned firm Atomredmetzoloto.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 11, 2017 | 5:45 pm

Canadian junior to acquire five lithium projects

Azincourt says the 6,000-hectare land package included in its agreement with New Age Metals represents the largest mineral claim holdings of projects for the lithium group or type of minerals in the Bird River Greenstone Belt.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 11, 2017 | 4:51 pm

Traditional owners say they were forced to negotiate with Adani over Australian mine

Representatives for the Wangan and Jagalingou People said they were forced to sign an Indigenous Land Use Agreement at the Native Title Tribunal for Adani’s Carmichael mine.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 11, 2017 | 4:20 pm

ArcelorMittal miners stage sit-in at four Kazakh coal mines

About 200 coal miners in Kazakhstan refused to leave four mines operated by a unit of ArcelorMittal at the end of their shift on Monday and staged a sit-in.

Reuters | December 11, 2017 | 8:34 am

Glencore says signs labor pacts at most of its Australian coal mines

These new labor agreements with workers at 13 of its coal mines in Australia end months of negotiations over wages and benefits.

Reuters | December 8, 2017 | 10:44 am

Canada’s Desjardins not scratching pipeline loans after all

Lender is moving to a carbon-neutral state by offsetting its own greenhouse gas emissions through the purchase of carbon credits starting this year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 8, 2017 | 3:15 am

Harmony Gold says Moab Khotsong mine purchase to boost cash flows

The $300 million deal, which incorporates the Great Noligwa underground mine and related infrastructure, is expected to boost Harmony's operational cash flow by 60%.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 7, 2017 | 6:29 am

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