Utility-scale batteries give renewables a big lift in the US

BHP wants find a way to up output for the industrial metal from its Olympic Dam by 40% even before a proposed and long-awaited mega-expansion of the operation takes place.

Australia's Taurus raised $683m to invest in mining company debt last year, while two funds currently in the market are targeting investor capital of $800m.

Strong performance also came on the back of strategic initiatives, such as non-core asset sales, aggressive cost control measures and a disciplined approach in reducing debt.

Cooler weather is helping to control a blaze in Canada’s oil sands region and allowing Suncor Energy Inc. and Syncrude Canada Ltd. to start getting back to work.

Report shows that Japan is the only G7 country seeking to build new coal-power plants.

Mine sales stumble on looming clean-ups

Results mark the 41 straight month of retail sales declines.

The government will pay for two-thirds of the cost by collecting money from mining companies through a new environmental levy.

Australia’s resource houses are “missing in action” in Latin America’s third largest economic powerhouse – Colombia – and should move post haste to rapidly lift their engagement with the mineral rich province.