Energy Top Stories

Construction begins at Botswana’s first privately-owned coal mine

Botswana's Minergy Limited said on Wednesday it has started construction at its Masama Coal Mine, which is set to be the country's first privately-owned coal mine, following government approval.

Reuters | August 29, 2018 | 1:19 pm

The latest episode in the Crystallex-Venezuela saga

PDVSA filed an appeal requesting that a Delaware court vacate…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | August 28, 2018 | 5:52 pm

Surface miners drive up savings in coal mining

Diverse studies and tests show that surface miners offer considerable…

Wirtgen Group | August 28, 2018 | 11:10 am

Western Australia sees wave of lithium and coal projects

Over the next few years, the lithium sector in Western…

Resources Monitor | August 28, 2018 | 9:57 am

World’s top refiner Sinopec posts record profit as oil recovers

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. said its half-year earnings jumped…

Bloomberg News | August 26, 2018 | 2:56 pm

South Africa drops out of top 10 in Africa for mining investment

Namibia and Botswana top the latest mining investment attractiveness index for the continent and move into top 25 worldwide.

Frik Els | February 24, 2015 | 11:10 pm

Biggest steel breakthrough in decades

Korean scientists create a cheap, flexible steel with a strength to weight ratio of today's best titanium alloys using a nickel catalyst.

Frik Els | February 24, 2015 | 7:46 pm

Canada’s oil sands cash flows set to drop by $21 billion

Current operational costs for producers have reached $37 to $40 per barrel. Benchmark U.S. crude, meanwhile, is trading at around $50 a barrel.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 24, 2015 | 6:21 pm

BHP pins hopes on spin-off South32

In the second half of 2014 the businesses bound for South32 generated $5bn worth of revenue and almost $890m of earnings before interest and tax.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 24, 2015 | 3:41 pm

Fipke, Ulansky take uranium hunt outside the Basin

Chad Ulansky cut his teeth on Ekati, Canada’s first diamond discovery, but it’s uranium that he’s hunting for now in Canada’s frozen North.

CEO.CA | February 24, 2015 | 1:16 pm

Canada’s Saskatchewan second only to Finland as world’s top mining destination

The potash and oil-rich province was placed at the top of the Fraser Institute's annual rank of mining companies.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 24, 2015 | 11:37 am

BHP slashing costs faster than expected

World number one miner notches "productivity gains" of $2.4 billion as profits fall 47% in second half of 2014.

Frik Els | February 23, 2015 | 10:50 pm

Coal miners jailed for Mongolia tax evasion seek pardon

US citizen Justin Kapla and two Philippine nationals sentenced to 5 – 6 years in jail while working for coal miner SouthGobi appeal to Mongolian president.

Frik Els | February 23, 2015 | 6:45 pm

Modest tailwinds could blow life into mining equities in 2015: Shane Nagle

In this interview with The Gold Report, Nagle selects some promising precious metals stories, along with his two top picks in the base metals space.

The Gold Report | February 23, 2015 | 6:22 pm

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