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Chile to fuel green hydrogen boom with $300 million fund

Green hydrogen is shaping up to be an alternative to fossil fuels in industrial operations and transportation.

Bloomberg News | May 4, 2021 | 1:59 pm

Idle oil wells may be the source of massive methane emissions — study

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati studied, for the first…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 4, 2021 | 6:11 am

Centamin to start building solar plant at Sukari

The $37 million project also includes 7.5 MW battery–energy storage…

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 4, 2021 | 5:00 am

What a smooth transition away from coal in the US could look like

An expert from the University of Chicago says the US…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | May 2, 2021 | 7:00 am

Ivanhoe inks deal to boost hydropower at Kamoa-Kakula

State-owned La Société Nationale d'Electricité (SNEL) will help upgrade a…

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 26, 2021 | 7:00 am

Clean mining project shortlisted for $950 million Canadian gov’t funding

The CLEER (Clean, Low-energy, Effective, Engaged and Remediated) project focuses on water use, energy intensity and environmental footprint, with aggressive targets of a 50% reduction in each area by 2027.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 11, 2017 | 8:05 am

France’s Areva to cut Niger uranium production on price drop

Decision is in response to falling uranium prices, a local union leader said.

Reuters | October 11, 2017 | 3:00 am

China’s top coke producer to curb output in pollution war

Shanxi Coking will trim around 900,000 tonnes of coke and 360,000 tonnes of chemicals from production during the coming winter months.

Reuters | October 11, 2017 | 2:00 am

Elliott tours BHP investors in renewed push for radical shake-up – sources

Representatives from Elliott have in the last month met with major BHP investors based in London, South Africa and Australia to lay out the activist fund's arguments for an overhaul of the miner.

Reuters | October 10, 2017 | 7:08 am

Mercury from the northern hemisphere reaches Australia

By tracing the air backwards in time, the scientists found that high-mercury air travelled over the Indonesian archipelago before arriving in Australia.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 9, 2017 | 12:04 pm

Argentinian senator expresses opposition to Canadian miner’s uranium exploration

Magdalena Odarda says Blue Sky Uranium's exploration is taking place at sites of paleontological significance.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 9, 2017 | 9:34 am

Sherritt International fined $1 million for coal mine spills in Canada

Sherritt pleaded guilty in the Provincial Court of Alberta to three counts of contravening the Fisheries Act.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 9, 2017 | 8:27 am

New program in Queensland aims to attract 3,000 new mining jobs

The Queensland Government is getting behind a pilot program that, together with an industry group, is hoping to bring thousands of mining equipment and services positions to the Bowen Basin within the next decade.

Andrew Topf | October 8, 2017 | 5:14 pm

Chinese companies to build 700 coal plants in and outside China

Of all the new coal generation expected to go online over the next decade, Chinese companies will build nearly half of it.

Andrew Topf | October 8, 2017 | 4:35 pm

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