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

Nearly 17,000 Australian mining jobs to disappear by 2019

Compares with a near doubling of mining, exploration and services positions in the country over the previous five years.

Frik Els | August 15, 2014 | 10:45 am

Critics demand stronger action to tackle increased oil sands pollution

Levels of sulphur dioxide and nitrous dioxide — two chemicals that contribute to acid rain and smog — hit three on a scale where four is the maximum.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 15, 2014 | 10:44 am

BHP says demerger preferred option

Decision to to lob off Billiton assets could come as early as next week.

Frik Els | August 15, 2014 | 8:53 am

End of the line for Colombia’s ‘growth locomotive’

Central banker says mining and energy boom has passed.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 14, 2014 | 10:10 pm

Aussie mine productivity world’s 2nd worst: PwC

Only Africa rated lower.

Jeffrey Richmond | August 14, 2014 | 7:51 pm

New York court to rule on most London gold fix lawsuits

The 18 cases will be sent to U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni in Manhattan, who has already been overseeing a putative class-action against the five banks that make up the fix.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 14, 2014 | 4:25 pm

Uranium price building on gains

Way to early to for uranium stock investors to rejoice, but after eight straight sessions of gains the market seems to be entering recovery mode.

Frik Els | August 14, 2014 | 12:13 pm

Western gold jewelry buyers come roaring back

Q2 study shows decline in global gold demand, but US and UK jewelry buying surges and central banks add to holdings for a 14th straight quarter.

Frik Els | August 14, 2014 | 9:46 am

The great divide: Inequality in gold juniors means opportunity

"We’ve reached a new level of separation between the wheat and the chaff."

Jeff Desjardins - Visual Capitalist | August 14, 2014 | 7:25 am

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