Energy Top Stories

Top US private coal miner Murray Energy files for bankruptcy

The Ohio-based miner is the eighth coal company to go under over the past year as demand for the fossil fuel continues to diminish.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 29, 2019 | 3:38 am

Oil posts biggest weekly gain in five weeks as supplies tighten

Futures in New York rose for a fourth day while…

Bloomberg News | October 25, 2019 | 1:55 pm

Newmont Goldcorp board approves Tanami expansion 2 project

The Tanami expansion project is anchored on the expansive Auron…

MINING.com Editor | October 25, 2019 | 1:28 pm

Metals sector in costly battle to turn green

Environmental concerns have moved to the top of the agenda…

Reuters | October 25, 2019 | 11:33 am

Navajo shuts down Spring Creek coal mine over sovereign immunity dispute

The Navajo Nation could face up to $1 billion in…

Amanda Stutt | October 24, 2019 | 12:33 pm

Caterpillar retail sales drop 12% in first three months of the year

Results mark the 41 straight month of retail sales declines.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 19, 2016 | 6:31 am

South African miners to pay 67% of acid drainage clean-up costs

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

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 19, 2016 | 4:09 am

Australia’s miners ‘missing in action’ in Colombia

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.

Field Public Relations | May 18, 2016 | 10:14 am

South Africa chamber of mines says half of members in the red

Group represents the country's largest mining companies, including AngloGold Ashanti, Sibanye Gold and Impala Platinum Holdings.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 18, 2016 | 8:45 am

Wildfire hitting Canada’s oil sands heart gets closer to major plants

Situation has forced some companies to abandon plans laid last week to restart production.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 18, 2016 | 3:25 am

Copper price won’t lag spiking oil for much longer

China's spending on infrastructure is being front-loaded and should translate into significantly higher copper demand later in the year.

Frik Els | May 17, 2016 | 2:41 pm

Canadian oil sands camps evacuated as wildfire shifts north

Forest fires in Northern Alberta have forced additional evacuations at several major operations.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 17, 2016 | 7:55 am

Australian company plans coal mine in Poland

Australia's Prairie Mining has confirmed its intention to open a coal mine in southeast Poland by 2023, saying it was confident the $632 million (558 million euro) project would be profitable, a report said Monday.

AFP | May 16, 2016 | 4:09 pm

China’s ICBC buys giant London gold vault from Barclays

The deal, due to close in July, will make ICBC Standard the only Chinese bank to operate a vault in London.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 16, 2016 | 11:00 am

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