Energy Top Stories

How perovskites can help develop high-efficiency, low-cost solar cells

Researchers at McGill University unlocked the mystery of how perovskites act as semiconductors even when there are defects in the material.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 31, 2021 | 6:06 am

Cerrejón lifts force majeure caused by blockades

Colombian coal mine Cerrejón, owned by BHP, Anglo American and…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | May 30, 2021 | 11:33 am

Putin is betting coal still has a future

Vladimir Putin’s government is spending more than $10 billion on…

Bloomberg News | May 30, 2021 | 9:49 am

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

Investors force Rio Tinto to ditch plans to have Mick Davis as chairman

Decision comes in the wake of a full-scale investor revolt led by the Investor Forum, a London-based body representing some of the world’s biggest money managers.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 27, 2017 | 9:16 am

South32 to spin off South Africa coal business

Process could lead to a listing of the business on the Johannesburg stock exchange, it said.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 27, 2017 | 3:05 am

Clothes not coal incinerated by Swedish power plant

The fortunes of a lagging coal industry were not helped by the actions of a Swedish power plant last week.

Andrew Topf | November 26, 2017 | 4:22 pm

New plant in the UK aims to transform biomass into ‘coal’

This would be the first complex of its type in the country.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | November 24, 2017 | 4:37 pm

European investors to fund $53-million bio-coal plant

Baltania OÜ wants to supply clean energy to utility companies in Nordic countries and Central Europe.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | November 23, 2017 | 4:28 pm

Legal kerfuffle in Spain around uranium mine environmental assessment

Spain's National Audience dismissed a series of allegations presented by Berkeley Energia against a legal action filed by a group of environmentalists who oppose the company's uranium project.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | November 23, 2017 | 6:08 am

South Africa’s NUM union signs three-year wage deal in coal sector

Deal averts a sector-wide strike that could have impacted power supply.

Reuters | November 23, 2017 | 3:00 am

LME launches probe on cobalt suppliers over fears of child exploitation

The LME has sent a directive to all suppliers asking them to detail how they guarantee “responsible sourcing” of the commodities they trade in the exchange.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 22, 2017 | 10:25 am

Massive drilling campaign underway at legendary Russian gold deposit

Polyus starts 180,000m drilling campaign to update mineral reserve as early as July for 58 million ounce Sukhoi Log deposit explored since 1960s.

Frik Els | November 21, 2017 | 2:59 pm

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