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LKAB eyes huge investment in CO2-free production

The energy required corresponds to around a third of Sweden's current electricity production of around 160 terawatt-hours.

Reuters | November 23, 2020 | 9:13 am

Billionaire miner Forrest aims to be a global clean energy giant

Forrest’s Fortescue will begin green fuel production in 2022 or…

Bloomberg News | November 23, 2020 | 4:04 am

New tool predicts the flow of groundwater in abandoned coal mines

The solution uses stacks of satellite images of the same…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | November 22, 2020 | 7:23 am

China must ban new coal power plants to meet 2060 goal – report

China’s coal power fleet, already more than 1,000 gigawatts strong,…

Bloomberg News | November 20, 2020 | 2:47 pm

China launches yearlong campaign of coal mining safety checks

The world's largest coal miner and coal consumer reported more…

Reuters | November 17, 2020 | 8:26 am

KGHM says phase two of Sierra Gorda copper mine in Chile will never happen

The Polish company, Europe's second-largest copper producer, said that given current macro conditions the plan had lost sense.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 11, 2017 | 3:53 am

Suncor plans to build new oil sands project in Canada

The Lewis project would be located about 25 km northeast of Fort McMurray and could eventually produce up to 160,000 barrels a day.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 9, 2017 | 9:29 am

5 clean energy innovations that could transform our world

Innovations in energy storage, smart grid, and electricity generation technologies will affect every part of the source-to-consumer supply chain for powering the planet.

Oilprice.com | May 9, 2017 | 8:58 am

Glencore puts Tahmoor coal mine up for sale

Market rumours point at South32 as the most likely buyer, since the miner decided last month to ditch its $200 million acquisition of Peabody Energy’s coal mine in New South Wales.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 9, 2017 | 8:37 am

Nova Scotia marks 25 years since one of Canada’s deadliest mine disasters

The tragic accident was the result of "incompetence, mismanagement, bureaucratic bungling, deceit, ruthlessness... and cynical indifference," an official report said.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 9, 2017 | 6:52 am

Coking coal price slumps again

Chinese steelmakers overestimated impact of Australian cyclone and the market is now awash in met coal.

Frik Els | May 8, 2017 | 1:15 pm

Areva leaves Nunavut after uranium project rejection

The Kiggavik uranium project called for one underground and four open-pit mines just west of Baker Lake, and would have provided at least 400 jobs.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 8, 2017 | 9:24 am

Argentina to pass new mining law this week

Governments, industry players, unions expected to sign federal mining agreement this week, which aims to double investment in the sector to $25bn in eight years.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 8, 2017 | 7:48 am

$44 trillion needed to keep up with world’s energy demands

So far in 2017 a number of global energy experts and commodities watchers have looked beyond the current reporting period and they see a growing long term demand for oil and gas.

Oilprice.com | May 7, 2017 | 4:46 pm

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