Energy Top Stories

Caterpillar’s new ‘smart iron age’ machines go way beyond automation

The new line of “smart” equipment will be able to communicate, instantly, how it's performing, and what might need fixing soon.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 3, 2016 | 10:00 am

Unit of Eastern Europe’s largest private coal miner files for insolvency

NWR’s division, the Czech Republic-based coal company OKD, tried for…

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 3, 2016 | 5:23 am

Teck Resources goes from dud to darling as coal makes a comeback

The company's shares have almost tripled this year, making it…

Bloomberg News | May 3, 2016 | 12:40 am

Low prices for oil cure low prices for oil

Veteran investor Bob Moriarty discusses one company that is poised…

The Gold Report | May 3, 2016 | 12:10 am

Wildfire forces state of emergency, evacuation in Fort McMurray

The blazes are not located near any major oil sands…

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 2, 2016 | 10:00 am

Renewables cheaper than fossil fuels, nuclear by 2030

Looking at all the costs to construct and run power plants, it will be cheaper to build a wind or solar power plant within 18 years rather than one using nuclear or fossil fuel, says a research unit within the Australian Government.

Michael Allan McCrae | July 31, 2012 | 4:20 pm

Dour mining report substantiates warnings of an Australian resource sector slowdown

A report indicating weak sentiment on the part of Australian mining companies would appear to substantiate warnings that Australia's flourishing resources sector is headed for a slowdown.

Marc Howe | July 31, 2012 | 4:03 am

A few Republicans start talking carbon tax

While their counterparts in Australia are having nothing to do with it, some wonkish types in the Republican Party are floating the idea of a carbon tax.

Michael Allan McCrae | July 30, 2012 | 11:21 pm

Nearly a quarter of streams in southern West Virginia polluted due to mine runoff

Phys.org says damage to streams and rivers in southern West Virginia is substantial due to mining, and even small operations can have a large impact on wildlife.

Michael Allan McCrae | July 30, 2012 | 10:55 pm

Coal bounces back

Believing that the natural gas nightmare may be ending, investors are returning to coal.

Michael Allan McCrae | July 30, 2012 | 7:23 pm

Consol’s conveyor calamity

'Structural failure' at CONSOL Energy's mine and preparation plant in Pennsylvania has the company reporting that the Bailey and Enlow Fork mines could be fully impacted for the next two weeks.

Joshua Zapf | July 30, 2012 | 4:50 pm

Blackwood trading halt casts further doubt on Tinkler’s AUD$5 billion bid for Whitehaven Coal

A trading halt on Blackwood Corp (ASX:BWD) shares has cast further doubt upon Australian mining magnate Nathan Tinkler's audacious AUD$5.3 billion privatization bid for Whitehaven Coal (ASX:WHC).

Marc Howe | July 30, 2012 | 5:51 am

Fresh doubts over Olympic Dam as BHP freezes hiring

BHP's board was to make a decision on the $30 billion project this year, but a newspaper report over the weekend said a decision will not be made until 2014 and BHP's uranium division "confirmed the deferral and said a recruitment freeze was now in place".

Frik Els | July 30, 2012 | 12:32 am

Mittal: Investing in mining, but not India or China

I'm not locating capital to India or China as I don't see things progressing there. We can't remain stuck, so we move on. Now our priority is to reduce debt, we sell non-core assets. But we continue to invest in mining and become self-dependent.

Frik Els | July 29, 2012 | 10:07 pm

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