Energy Top Stories

Stars are aligning for uranium price rally

Two new reports argue for a leap in uranium prices as China commits to 46% increase in nuclear capacity, Europe designates it "green" and inventory is hoovered up.

Frik Els | March 31, 2021 | 4:44 pm

Nuclear energy could drive decarbonisation in Canada’s heavy industries – report

Research shows small modular reactors' potential to decarbonize heat and…

MINING.com Editor | March 31, 2021 | 3:34 pm

New fuel from plastic waste aims to replace fossil fuels in marine industry

Clean Planet Energy plans to use non-recyclable waste plastics to…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 31, 2021 | 7:01 am

US thermal coal earnings to rise, with some ESG risk caveats – report

Moody's expects US thermal exports will increase to about 30-35…

MINING.com Editor | March 29, 2021 | 1:11 pm

Coal country races to shield itself from Biden’s climate plan

Lawmakers in mining states from Wyoming to West Virginia are…

Bloomberg News | March 29, 2021 | 6:16 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

Iron ore nears $80 a tonne

Prices for the steelmaking material have increased almost 50% since its 2017 lows.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 22, 2017 | 5:48 am

Polish coal mining swings to profit on prices, restructuring

According to the Industrial Development Agency (ARP), net profit at Polish coal mines stood at 1.45 billion zlotys (US$400.06 million) in the first half of the year compared to a 800 million zlotys loss a year earlier.

Reuters | August 22, 2017 | 5:18 am

BHP exiting oil and gas

After posting a fourfold rise in profits, world's number one mining company now "actively pursuing options to exit" its US oil and gas business bought for $20B six years ago.

Frik Els | August 21, 2017 | 3:48 pm

More than 200 workers to go at Sandvik Materials Technology unit

Measure is part of a broader plan to restore profitability at the division, which saw adjusted operating profit fell by 37% in the second quarter of this year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 21, 2017 | 3:26 am

Fracking jobs prove elusive for coal miners looking to switch

While Trump vows to save coal, many miners look elsewhere. Natural gas jobs don’t offer the same stability as coal did.

Bloomberg News | August 18, 2017 | 6:51 am

EPA to scrap Obama-era rule limiting water pollution from coal-fired power plants

The move comes only five months after President Donald Trump signed an executive order undoing the previous Administration’s Clean Power Plan.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 15, 2017 | 8:20 am

CHARTS: Mining once again one of biggest drivers of US economy

Value added brought by the mining sector grew by more than 21% in the first three months of the year — the largest increase since the fourth quarter of 2014.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 15, 2017 | 2:39 am

Trials set for men charged in killing of former Patriot Coal CEO

The two men accused of murdering Bennett Hartfield, the former president and CEO of Patriot Coal, are heading to trial in the next two months.

Andrew Topf | August 13, 2017 | 5:48 pm

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