Energy Top Stories

Research gets closer to making nuclear fusion power a reality

A study conducted in Australia but funded by the US Air Force brings research one step closer to harnessing fusion power as a future energy source.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 2, 2020 | 6:25 am

Trump taps loan program he tried to kill to help mining

The loan program was created to help fund clean energy…

Bloomberg News | December 1, 2020 | 12:06 pm

Dubai gets Arab Gulf’s first, and perhaps last, coal power plant

Dubai is starting up the $3.4 billion Hassyan coal plant,…

Bloomberg News | November 26, 2020 | 2:51 pm

EPA greenlights Azarga Uranium South Dakota project

The agency issued the final permits for Azarga’s Class III…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 26, 2020 | 6:15 am

US coal miners call on Trump to move on

Leader of the nation’s top mining union, representing about 80,000…

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 24, 2020 | 7:17 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

Here’s why the iron ore price is tanking

And why the worst may be over already.

Frik Els | May 5, 2017 | 4:52 pm

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