Energy Top Stories

South Africa’s mining industry fortunes improving, but challenges remain — PwC

A strong price recovery for the main commodities South Africa mines and exports has helped the country’s sector stage a turnaround in 2017, the first time in five years the industry is back in the black.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 29, 2017 | 9:03 am

Botswana Diamonds soars on promising find at South African project

Sampling work at Ontevreden, part of the Vutomi joint venture,…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 29, 2017 | 3:45 am

World’s largest coal miner looking to buy metal mines abroad

Coal India's plan to diversify into mining metals such as…

Reuters | September 29, 2017 | 2:00 am

China bought tonnes of North Korean coal

North Korea’s biggest trading partner imported 1.64 million tonnes of…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | September 28, 2017 | 5:49 pm

More opposition to Berkeley’s uranium mine in Spain

Nuclear energy experts from a variety of countries expressed their…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | September 28, 2017 | 4:55 pm

Back to miners graduating with 6-figure salaries ‘in a few years’

Baby boomers are retiring and even if only a small fraction of new projects take off, the ensuing skills shortage will bring back mining jobs boom.

Frik Els | February 2, 2014 | 11:39 pm

Coal port dredging, dumping threat to Great Barrier Reef

Environment groups outraged over approval for coal terminal operator to dump 3 million cubic meters of dredged sediment inside marine park.

Frik Els | February 2, 2014 | 8:01 pm

America’s biggest coal mines of 2013: They’re not all in Wyoming

But most of them are.

Ana Komnenic | February 2, 2014 | 3:05 pm

Guide to aboriginal resource opportunities launched

Much of the discourse surrounding First Nations involvement in B.C. resource projects has been focused on the financial benefits for aboriginal communities in exchange for their approval and access to work on traditional territory.

Business in Vancouver | February 2, 2014 | 10:00 am

Silver-Junior struggles

Mining companies that are non-producers obviously don’t generate any revenue. They are junior-level companies in various stages of exploration and/or development. And they primarily rely on investor capital to fund their operations.

Scott Wright - Zeal Intelligence | February 1, 2014 | 10:26 am

China expands further into commodity trading with London bank buy

China and the globe's largest bank takes over London unit of Johannesburg-based Standard Bank, in a transaction forecast to be the first of many as Chinese banks push overseas expansion.

Frik Els | January 31, 2014 | 11:04 pm