Energy Top Stories

China steel, coking coal jump on Handan curbs, short covering

Shanghai rebar surges 4.4 pct after Handan steel, coking cuts.

Reuters | March 30, 2018 | 8:20 am

Rio Tinto fully out of coal sector with $2.25bn Kestrel mine sale

Company has agreed to sell its 80% stake in the…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 27, 2018 | 7:14 am

Poland’s biggest miner PGG expects small rise in 2018 coal output

Poland's biggest mining firm, state-run PGG, expects its coal output…

Reuters | March 26, 2018 | 12:01 pm

One of world’s dirtiest oil sources wants to go green

Alberta is boosting its use of renewable energy, closing power…

Bloomberg News | March 26, 2018 | 11:43 am

Britain blocks plans for new coal mine on climate grounds

Britain plans to phase-out coal use at its power stations…

Reuters | March 23, 2018 | 1:18 pm

India’s Supreme Court revises judgment on illegal coal blocks

It won't announce its verdict on the matter until an unspecified later date.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 9, 2014 | 3:04 pm

The ironies of shipping U.S. coal from B.C.

The latest battleground for U.S. President Barack Obama’s so-called war on coal isn’t even in the lower 48 states. It’s across the border in British Columbia.

Globe and Mail | September 8, 2014 | 2:41 pm

UK’s 310-tonne gold reserves in limbo if Scotland becomes independent

A triumph of the "Yes Scotland" campaign would have to be followed by negotiations with London over a raft of assets.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 8, 2014 | 2:29 pm

INFOGRAPHIC: Geosynthetics — an $18 billion market

First international conference about geosynthetics in mining begins Monday.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 8, 2014 | 8:00 am

Anglo American chief not going for any major corporate split

A big corporate break-up à la BHP Billiton is definitively not in his books, he told FT.com.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 7, 2014 | 4:24 pm

Australia’s exploration spending down the slippery slope

The figure recently hit a seven-year low, rising concerns over how these cost-cutting measures may delay the country’s next generation of mines.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 7, 2014 | 2:41 pm

INFOGRAPHIC: A forecast of when the world’s resources will run out

Here is one interpretation of how much is left on Earth.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 7, 2014 | 12:23 pm

Met coal could be reaching a cyclical low

After reaching a six-year low in its price and recent industry cutbacks to production, metallurgical coal is showing classic signs of a resource that is ready for a cyclical uptrend.

Sprott Group | September 6, 2014 | 10:57 am

Canadian government ‘not pleased’ with Nova Scotia’s plans to ban fracking

The Atlantic province will introduce legislation to prohibit high-volume hydraulic fracturing for onshore shale gas this fall.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 5, 2014 | 5:46 pm

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