Energy Top Stories

On and off wind and solar power pushing coal plants to the brink

Nebraska's biggest power source is routinely pushed aside to make room for more wind and solar energy.

Bloomberg News | October 15, 2018 | 11:00 am

Europe to spend billions on lithium-ion battery plants

The goal is to reduce reliance on batteries from Asia,…

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 15, 2018 | 9:43 am

Top uranium producer Kazatomprom may sell 25% stake in London/Astana float

Kazatomprom to sell up to 25 pct stake on LSE,…

Reuters | October 15, 2018 | 9:28 am

More than 400 jobs to go at Glencore’s Hail Creek coal mine

The company also said it would reconfigure the mining methods…

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 15, 2018 | 3:57 am

Australia’s coal sector hopeful

A new report prepared for the Minerals Council of Australia…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 14, 2018 | 1:08 pm

IMAGE GALLERY: Potash ponds in the Utah desert

To the non-expert eye they may seem a set of mirages, but these turquoise-purple-pink visions are what ground-level potash ponds look like near Arches National Park.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 2, 2015 | 10:00 am

Total, Shell exit coal mining

Some of the world's top oil producers have decided to abandon coal and focus instead on ramping up production and trading of liquified natural gas as a cleaner fossil fuel alternative.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 2, 2015 | 6:00 am

Mining exploration spending in Australia hits decade-low

The dramatic fall was led mainly by the iron ore and coal sectors.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 1, 2015 | 10:05 am

Cleaner coal technologies vital to reducing CO2 emissions

The World Coal Association's chairman and Glencore executive, Mick Buffier, has called governments to increase investment in low emission technologies.

World Coal Association | June 1, 2015 | 4:06 am