Energy Top Stories

Power Resources buys Woodford-backed Metalysis

Power Resources Group mines in Rwanda for tantalum, used in mobile phones, and niobium, needed for high-strength alloys.

Reuters | July 5, 2019 | 9:54 am

Trump gift to coal industry won’t halt decline – report

New EPA rules make life easy for coal-fired plants, but…

Frik Els | June 27, 2019 | 2:21 pm

Chile goes carbon-neutral, begins closing first eight coal-fired power stations

Move is part of an ambitious plan announced by the…

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 27, 2019 | 3:39 am

Massive solar storage project planned for Nevada desert

The projects mark one of the the biggest expansions of…

Bloomberg News | June 25, 2019 | 9:38 am

Norway’s $1 trillion fund resumes investing in miners, oil and Walmart

It will invest again in miners Rio Tinto and Nutrien,…

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 25, 2019 | 4:03 am

Ex-coal CEO sentenced to a year in prison over mine-safety conspiracy

The sentencing comes six years and one day after a fatal explosion killed 29 at Massey’s Upper Big Branch mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 6, 2016 | 9:55 am

Canadians to develop space mining tool

Deltion Innovations aims to design a drill that would prospect for water, ice and resources on the moon and beyond.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 6, 2016 | 5:55 am

Freeport’s stuck with oil and gas

Copper giant's review of energy division results in axing of executives, but not much more.

Frik Els | April 5, 2016 | 12:37 pm

Striking coal workers arrested after violent raid at Glencore’s South African mine

Production at the Wonderfontein coal mine has been halted for three weeks after members of AMCU decided to down tools in March.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 5, 2016 | 3:45 am

De-carbonizing our energy sector

Nuclear energy currently provides around 11 percent of the world's electricity.

Richard Mills - Ahead of the Herd | April 4, 2016 | 3:55 pm

TransCanada shuts Keystone pipeline after leak in South Dakota

The Keystone pipeline carries oil south from Canada through eastern North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 4, 2016 | 10:13 am

Meet the new system that could cut coal-plant emissions in half

Researchers at the MIT have developed a hybrid system that combines two well-known technologies: coal gasification and fuel cells.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 4, 2016 | 9:15 am

INFOGRAPHIC: Receding Arctic ice unlocking fathomless mineral resources

If you don’t mind frost and cost.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 4, 2016 | 4:50 am

Anglo American sells majority stake in Australian coal mine

The sale of the Foxleigh mine is part of Anglo’s recently announced exit from coal, which is included in one of the sector’s biggest divestment schemes.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 4, 2016 | 3:45 am

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