Energy Top Stories

Trump plans arctic drilling rights sale in likely 2020 clash

The Trump administration authorized a sweeping plan to sell drilling rights and spur oil development in Alaska’s rugged Arctic refuge.

Bloomberg News | August 17, 2020 | 9:51 am

Four people die in accident near coal mine of Russia’s Severstal

The workers were demolishing a building near a coal mine…

Reuters | August 16, 2020 | 7:00 am

Home of the oil sands eyes cleaner future as hydrogen superpower

Canada has the potential to become a top hydrogen exporter…

Bloomberg News | August 13, 2020 | 9:18 am

New South Wales greenlights Vickery coal mine expansion

The approval comes with 184 conditions aimed at mitigating environmental…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 13, 2020 | 6:30 am

The world’s changing nuclear reactor landscape

Using data from the Power Reactor Information System, Visual Capitalist…

Visual Capitalist | August 11, 2020 | 2:17 pm

Glencore’s profit soars on commodities rebound

A surge in commodity prices combined with its multibillion-dollar asset fire-sale has put the company in a position to pay big dividends and explore acquisitions.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 23, 2017 | 3:07 am

World’s deepest mine gets $1 billion injection

Work on AngloGold Ashanti's Mponeng gold mine in South Africa started in 1981 – a brownfield expansion project will extend the mine's life beyond 2050.

Frik Els | February 22, 2017 | 4:26 pm

Caterpillar touts automation solutions as top miners swing back to profit

The world's No.1 heavy machinery maker is telling miners not to rest on their laurels now that the industry is finally coming back up from a brutal downturn and keep focused on maximizing returns and efficiency.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 22, 2017 | 9:00 am

Anglo American not selling assets any more as it returns to profit

The world's number five diversified miner posted its first annual net profit in five years.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 22, 2017 | 3:10 am

Global steel production is surging in 2017

Up 7% year on year across all regions, supporting rally in iron ore and rebound in coking coal prices.

Frik Els | February 21, 2017 | 11:08 am

BHP Billiton back into the black, pays higher-than-expected dividend

Net profit was $3.2bn for the six months to December 31, compared with a loss of $5.7bn in the same period a year earlier.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 21, 2017 | 3:10 am

This oil nation aims to colonize Mars

The UAE may not be the first country that comes to mind when one thinks of space exploration, but it has big plans to colonize mars, and it’s got the oil money to do it.

Oilprice.com | February 20, 2017 | 4:01 pm

North Korea lights fire under coking coal price

The totalitarian state is the number three supplier to China of the steelmaking raw material.

Frik Els | February 20, 2017 | 10:51 am

China won’t buy any more North Korean coal this year

The economic noose is being tightened around North Korea's neck after the pariah regime ignored a United Nations resolution by testing a missile last week.

Andrew Topf | February 19, 2017 | 5:29 pm

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