Energy Top Stories

Renewables beat coal in the US in April

In a first for any month, renewables generated more electricity than coal every day in April 2020.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 6, 2020 | 6:20 am

Researchers eye intelligent battery management system for better cycle life

Improving cycle life may help reduce the overall cost of…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 6, 2020 | 6:10 am

Gran Colombia invests in solar project

The 11.2 MW solar project has an estimated capital cost…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 5, 2020 | 11:02 am

Coal snags $31 million in US stimulus loans for small business

The coal company funding came after the industry successfully lobbied…

Bloomberg News | May 5, 2020 | 9:20 am

Coal loses backing from another big bank

Westpac Banking said it would exit the sector by 2030.

Bloomberg News | May 4, 2020 | 8:46 am

Canada’s Alberta wants to cap oil sands emissions

If passed and enacted, the ruling will forbid oil sands producers from collectively emitting more than 100 megatonnes of greenhouse gases a year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 3, 2016 | 3:00 am

Cameco up 11% on better-than-expected revenues

Uranium market still anemic.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 2, 2016 | 12:19 pm

Coal price rally bypassing US miners

As seaborne coking (up 227% year-to-date) and thermal coal (up 128%) continue to rally, decline in US domestic prices, exports resume long-term down trend.

Frik Els | November 2, 2016 | 6:31 am

Uranium fundamentals remain but near term is flat

The fact of the matter is the low price environment has choked off exploration activity for uranium and we are at the point where there are not enough uranium projects in the pipeline that can adequately meet the upcoming demand.

Rob Chang - Cantor Fitzgerald | November 2, 2016 | 5:37 am

Can oil markets survive an OPEC implosion?

A technical meeting that was supposed to iron out some wrinkles for a deal to cut oil production ended in acrimony over the weekend, and OPEC's effort at coordination could be at yet another impasse.

Oilprice.com | November 2, 2016 | 5:30 am

Glencore to reopen yet another coal mine in Australia

The move comes only a few days after it resumed operations at Collinsville mine in Australia's Queensland state.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 1, 2016 | 8:55 am

15 dead, several trapped in coal mining explosion in western China

China's coal mines continue to be among the deadliest in the world.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 1, 2016 | 5:10 am

Changes to the Kumba Board

Kumba is pleased to announce the appointments of Ms Nonkululeko Dlamini (nee Veleti) and Mr Seamus French as non-executive directors to the Board, with effect from 1 November 2016.

Kumba Iron Ore | October 31, 2016 | 4:08 am

Mining jobs finally picking up in Australia

This is probably the headline most people who have lost their jobs in the last two years were dying to read.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 31, 2016 | 3:00 am

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