Energy Top Stories

Mongolia looks to list Tavan Tolgoi in NY, Hong Kong in 2019

The government is keen to develop the mine which holds an estimated 7.4 billion tonnes in reserves.

Reuters | October 31, 2018 | 4:00 pm

As tobacco wanes, a Virginia farmer wants to harvest his uranium

There’s uranium everywhere.

Bloomberg News | October 31, 2018 | 1:33 pm

China’s CNNC seeking overseas partners to secure uranium

"Our vision is to be the world's leading uranium company"…

Reuters | October 31, 2018 | 12:47 pm

Japan’s Mitsui may sell stake in Australia thermal coal mine

Mitsui has said it will trim its thermal coal assets…

Reuters | October 31, 2018 | 12:02 pm

Like Silicon Valley? Miners face uphill slog in drive to go digital

The mining industry needs to change the barbecue conversation -…

Reuters | October 31, 2018 | 11:17 am

Adani confirms work halted at controversial coal project by the Great Barrier Reef

But the Indian company said it remains committed to the US$12bn Carmichael project in Queensland, Australia.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 25, 2015 | 5:38 am

BHP cuts another 140 jobs over abandoned Olympic Dam expansion plans

The cuts at the Adelaide support office for the Olympic Dam operations come about six months after BHP scrapped about 90 permanent positions and 210 contractor jobs.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 25, 2015 | 3:26 am

Opposition to Sirius Minerals $3bn potash project in national park builds up

The company will hear by June 30 whether it will be allowed to mine polyhalite, a type of potash fertilizer, from a deposit located under Brittan’s North York Moors national park.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 24, 2015 | 3:32 am

Chile may revoke Teck’s copper mine permit over environmental breaches

Teck is facing sanctions over infractions that include openings in the deposit where the ore is stored and a failure to build sufficient water infrastructure.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 23, 2015 | 7:10 am

Australia’s Paladin Energy gets historic ok to run uranium mine in Canada

Until now Canadian companies needed to have at least 51% stake in any uranium project.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 23, 2015 | 4:41 am

The world is awash in oil — is Canada making it worse?

Collectively, Canada's energy sector lost more than $600 million in the first three months of this year, and the Canadian economy shrank in the same period, as the collapse in oil prices took its toll.

CBC News | June 23, 2015 | 2:00 am

Kameron Collieries closer to reopen massive coal mine in Canada’s Nova Scotia

In recent months the mine has been pumped out and now the company is working on fixing existing power lines and bringing equipment to the site.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 22, 2015 | 11:00 am

US regulator drops probe on Gold Fields’ South Deep BEE deal

The probe focused on a 2010 deal through which the company gave a 9% of its South Deep mine to a group of black investors in order to meet government’s regulations aimed to boost black ownership.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 22, 2015 | 6:25 am

Met-coal plumbs decade lows

Hobbled by too much supply and not enough demand, especially in China, the coal needed to produce steel has fallen to levels not seen since 2004.

Andrew Topf | June 21, 2015 | 4:30 pm

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