Energy Top Stories

Teck increases steelmaking coal sales to China

In October, China suspended purchases of Australian coal as Beijing continued to tightly control imports amid soured political relations with Canberra.

MINING.com Editor | November 23, 2020 | 12:32 pm

LKAB eyes huge investment in CO2-free production

The energy required corresponds to around a third of Sweden's…

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

Canadians asked to weigh in on Teck’s proposed oil sands mine

The Frontier project is located 110 kilometres north of Fort McMurray, in Alberta, around 40 kilometres from the Fort McKay First Nation's reserve.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 7, 2017 | 9:02 am

Coking coal price close to $300 a tonne on Australian disruptions

Coking coal prices gained 86% to $283.10 a tonne this week, the biggest gain in four years.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 7, 2017 | 6:49 am

Erdene Resource moving forward with flagship project in Mongolia

While the company had other projects in the country, the Bayan Khundii gold project went from greenfield prospect to being its main asset in roughly nine months.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 6, 2017 | 3:48 am

Cyclone damage causes BHP to declare force majeure in Australia

The miner said it won't meet its coal export commitments due to the damage caused by cyclone Debbie, which struck Australia’s north-east coast last week.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 5, 2017 | 5:44 am

Peabody Energy back to the NYSE as emerges from bankruptcy

The US largest coal miner is back.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 4, 2017 | 8:16 am

Coking coal price surges 15%

Cyclone Debbie.

Frik Els | April 3, 2017 | 11:09 am

EU toughens up rules on imports of conflict minerals

The new law, which will come into force in 2021, requires importers to ensure their business do not contribute to armed conflicts.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 3, 2017 | 10:05 am

Cyclone Debbie disrupts $3.2bn of Australian coal exports

Damage to rail lines in cyclone-hit Queensland have disrupted the shipment of between 15 million and 20 million tonnes of coking coal destined to Asia.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 3, 2017 | 7:06 am

This firm may make coal’s future a lot brighter

Australia’s Dotz Nano has found a new use for coal that could be a welcome boost to the dying industry, particularly in the US.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 3, 2017 | 3:49 am

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