February 23, 2015

Australia’s Hunter Valley coal’s health bill more than $460m a year

The figure, estimated by doctors, is based on the health costs and lost productivity from coal-related respiratory and cardiac issues.

February 23, 2015

Chinese plans to transform coal would worsen global warming

Chinese companies press forward with plans to process coal into other fuels, despite water scarcity and excess climate change pollution

February 23, 2015

Fission Uranium Corp. Acquires Shares of Fission 3.0 Corp.

Fission Uranium Corp. announces that it has acquired 22,000,000 common shares in the capital of Fission 3.0 Corp.

February 23, 2015

Russia opens its largest coal mine

The Arshanovsky open cut mine is expected to yield 10 million tonnes of coal a year once at full capacity.

February 23, 2015

Finning’s Vancouver branch to cut 500 workers in Canada

The figure represents 9% of the company's Canadian workforce, and it is due to "soft market conditions."

February 23, 2015

Uranerz expands Wyoming uranium project

Nineteen new wells have been added to Uranerz's Nichols Ranch in situ leach (ISL) uranium project and work is under way to develop a fifth header house and associated wellfield…

February 22, 2015

Chile’s Codelco likely to buy Anglo’s unwanted copper assets — report

Anglo’s assets up for grabs include three mines and a smelter valued at $1 billion.

February 21, 2015

Coal mine blast kills eight, traps 40 in Pakistan

After methane gas explosion triggered a collapse in a coal mine located about 145 km. off the provincial capital of Quetta.

February 21, 2015

Chinese firm close to start mining uranium in Namibia

Once fully operational, the Husab mine will have the potential to produce 15 million pounds of uranium oxide.

February 20, 2015

Canadian oil sands producers hike output despite dim crude price

Oil companies in Canada, the world’s fifth-largest crude producer, are not showing any signs of cutting down output, despite fuel prices more than halving in the past six months.