US scientists figure cost-effective way to extract rare earths from coal

The 49-year-old boss of the world's largest mining company took home £9.8 million ($15.2 million) last year including bonuses, pension contributions and stock options.

Alberta Oilsands board responds to the dissident actions of a "concerned" group of shareholders.

Coal executives believe that as much as 10% of the production serving the seaborne market could be losing money at current prices.

Over the past decade, there were only two periods when the Chinese government reduced rates.

The UK's Guardian newspaper conducted a far-ranging interview with Lisa Jackson, chief administrator for the US Environmental Protection Agency since 2009, on energy, climate change and the battle in the media over the agency's work.

First Uranium's (TSE:FIU) plan to sell some of its South African assets was thrown into further disarray after Kumvest (Pty) Ltd. offered to buy First Uranium in order to block the sale.

What a whippy week it was. Volatility spiked and then subsided into the end of the week which meant it was a great day-trading environment but then that petered off as ranges tightened for markets and stocks into the end of the week.

British coal miner, Churchill Mining (LON:CHL), and its case against the Indonesia government got a leg up when its two-year legal battle was profiled in the New York Times.

William Jevons, a British economist, was looking at his country’s dwindling coal supplies in the mid-1800s and was asked if increased efficiency in […]