Energy Top Stories

Eight still trapped underground at Sibanye mine following seismic event

Contact has been made with three of the workers trapped at the company's Masakhane gold mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 3, 2018 | 8:15 am

Glencore’s Congo mining conundrum

The miner and commodities trader is embroiled in a legal…

Reuters | May 3, 2018 | 7:00 am

War on coal making the world’s top mine owners a lot richer

Anglo American Plc, Glencore Plc and BHP Billiton Ltd. are…

Bloomberg News | May 2, 2018 | 11:50 am

Rio Tinto to double number of autonomous drills at Pilbara mines

Driverless trucks at the same iron ore operations already haul…

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 2, 2018 | 9:26 am

Two U.S. coal miners see growth amid sector’s gloom

Most miners producing coal for electricity are getting battered by…

Reuters | May 2, 2018 | 3:00 am

Solar power to replace coal as world’s top electricity source by 2050 — IEA

Coal currently generates about 36% of global electric power, according to the energy watchdog.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 29, 2014 | 6:40 pm

India’s biggest underground coal mine opens next month

With an annual capacity of 2.8 million tonnes the mine is expected to help feed the country’s starved power stations.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 29, 2014 | 3:39 pm

China to impose revamped coal tax in December

The new resource expected to encourage a more efficient use of coal, which has been blamed for the nation's severe air pollution troubles.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 29, 2014 | 2:32 pm

Coal still burning hot in Alberta

The Edmonton Journal published an article last week on the Genesee 1, 2 and 3 coal-fired generating facilities, located not far from the Alberta capital.

Andrew Topf | September 28, 2014 | 9:38 pm

Miners ordered to hand back land to natives in Colombia

The ruling, which affects 11 gold mining companies, is the first of its kind in the South American nation.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 26, 2014 | 6:52 pm

Canadian researchers modernize solar power with nano gold technology

Scientists have discovered that a small molecule created with just 144 atoms of gold can increase solar cell performance by more than 10%.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 26, 2014 | 4:57 pm

INFOGRAPHIC: A year’s extraction of metal shown next to landmarks and cities

For thousands of years of development as a species, humans never really needed to understand the real meaning behind big, unreachable numbers such as billions or trillions.

Visual Capitalist | September 25, 2014 | 9:31 pm