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Green revolution gets more expensive as copper price rallies

Copper is a vital part of green infrastructure from grids to wind turbines, and a recent price surge threatens to make decarbonization more costly.

Bloomberg News | March 4, 2021 | 3:30 am

New lead battery technology could be lower-cost solution to store solar energy

Engineers are working to incorporate a bipolar technology that uses…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 1, 2021 | 6:10 am

New sensor promises low-cost detection of methane emissions, leaks

The ICLED-based sensor is able to detect methane concentrations as…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | February 28, 2021 | 8:00 am

World’s two largest asset managers have invested $170bn in coal

The figure pales in comparison to the $1 trillion in…

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 25, 2021 | 9:50 am

A new commodities supercycle could be powering up after a long freeze

JPMorgan analyst thinks commodities have finally turned after a 12-year…

Frank Holmes - U.S. Global Investors | February 22, 2021 | 11:23 am

Canadian pipeline protesters launch new battle from the water

More than a hundred environmental activists gathered last weekend to practice seaborne drills to disrupt construction on Kinder Morgan's Westridge crude oil terminal.

Reuters | August 30, 2017 | 5:16 am

US to extend ban on mining near Yellowstone national park

US Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke wants to speed up a two-year review of mining on more than 30,000 acres just north of the park.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 29, 2017 | 9:34 am

Brazil to redo Amazon mining decree after criticism

Brazil's government will revise a decree that opened up a vast mineral reserve in the Amazon rainforest to mining responding to overwhelming criticism.

Reuters | August 28, 2017 | 5:08 pm

Glencore to offload second coal mine in Australia in less than three months

Decision comes as the Swiss-based miner and commodities trader rethinks how to deploy capital as its cuts debt.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 28, 2017 | 3:29 am

UK coal use drops to 135-year low

Once the engine of the Industrial Revolution rooted in the UK, coal is now less popular than ever as an electricity source.

Andrew Topf | August 27, 2017 | 5:38 pm

The next oil price spike may cripple the industry

How it is possible for the price of oil to go both up and not up, and what would that mean for the oil industry?

Oilprice.com | August 24, 2017 | 11:55 am

Trump to open parts of Utah National Monument to miners, oil firms — report

The monument, one of the 27 President Trump is taking a second look at, covers 1.3 million acres (about 5,260 square km), and it includes land considered sacred to Native Americans.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 24, 2017 | 9:55 am

China coal imports from Australia climb for second month

Chinese coal imports from key supplier Australia chalked up year-on-year gains for the second straight month in July, customs data showed, as local output of the commodity eased amid a crackdown on illegal mining and pollution.

Reuters | August 23, 2017 | 10:40 am

Germany brings home $28bn worth of gold reserves

With the move, the country’s central bank has completed its plan to bring back home 54,000 gold bars that were still being held in foreign vaults.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 23, 2017 | 5:32 am

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