Energy Top Stories

Volkswagen to spend $50 billion on electric car ‘offensive’

German automaker is also considering involvement in battery production.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 16, 2018 | 6:40 am

Sinking shipping gauge signals trouble for iron ore, coal price

Rates for dry bulk cargo carriers have collapsed 70% since…

Frik Els | November 15, 2018 | 1:41 pm

Azarga Uranium almost doubles resource at Dewey Burdock

The project saw a 97% increase over the previous resource.

Northern Miner Staff | November 14, 2018 | 2:41 pm

NZ Gov’t plans to re-enter doomed Pike River mine to recover remains

It is now our intention to get this job done,…

Reuters | November 13, 2018 | 2:44 pm

Colonial Coal floats PEA for Gordon Creek mine

The project has a pre-production capex of $300 million with…

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 13, 2018 | 2:13 pm

Wildfires in Western Canada force miners to halt operations, shipments

Production hasn't been affected so far, but some companies such as Cameco and Areva Resources had to suspend shipments.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 13, 2015 | 11:30 am

Iran permission to sell uranium, other nuclear products imminent — report

The potential agreement could resolve a 12-year dispute over Tehran's nuclear ambitions.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 13, 2015 | 9:40 am

First time ever: Gas overtakes coal in US power mix

Already battered by increasingly onerous regulations on pollution from power generation, U.S. coal miners are now suffering the impact of cheap natural gas on the industry.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 13, 2015 | 6:30 am

End of an era for UK coal mining — last mines close up shop

It marks the end of a three-century industry that once employed over a million workers in the U.K.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 10, 2015 | 3:21 am

Cameco’s uranium shipments halted due to wildfires

Production continues at all the mines.

Michael Allan McCrae | July 9, 2015 | 3:10 pm

Here is why K+S investors think deal with Potash Corp. almost cooked

They argue Potash Corp's main objective is to seize its rival's ambitious Legacy project in southern Saskatchewan and scale it back.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 9, 2015 | 10:15 am

This tiny US mining town began burning 52 years ago and never stopped

The former mining town of Centralia, in Pennsylvania, has been on fire since 1962, when a coal seam running into a mine shaft set on fire. It hasn't stopped ever since.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 8, 2015 | 11:00 am

SNL Energy’s latest coal forecast, and gas-fired generation overtakes coal burn for 1st time

Coal market prices continued to trade under pressure in June, with weather retaining shoulder-season qualities in the primary coal using regions.

SNL Energy | July 8, 2015 | 9:00 am

UN Human Rights unit roasts Canada over mining, aboriginal treatment

The human rights committee is currently meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, ahead of finalizing its report and is hearing from Canadian non-government groups, including Amnesty, and from the federal government.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 8, 2015 | 6:55 am

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