July 5, 2011 Supply threat hits Griffin Coal’s $1.2bn power sale Griffin Coal administrators have confirmed that the $1.2 billion sale of its power business, which was due for completion in May, has been derailed by the new owner of Griffin…
July 5, 2011 Tanzania to mine in game reserve The Sowetan reports Tanzania will begin uranium mining in its southern Selous Game Reserve, Africa’s second-largest wildlife sanctuary and a Unesco heritage site (pictured), the energy minister said Tuesday. Australia’s…
July 5, 2011 What’s next for Canada’s oil sands? With an oil pipeline to the west coast, Canada's oilsands could be the big swing producer in the global energy market, says Ralph Glass, Director of Energy Valuation and Operations…
July 5, 2011 Ranger uranium waste water treatment plan attacked An environmental engineer says Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) should not have reopened its uranium mine within Kakadu National Park last month without committing to a waste water treatment plan.…
July 5, 2011 Burning coal indoors linked to birth defects By Eric Schultz NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Parents who inhale coal smoke at home may put their babies at increased risk of birth defects, Chinese researchers say. Zhiwen Li…
July 5, 2011 Carbon capture and storage: still not an option Eliminating carbon from power plant emissions is cost-prohibitive and environmentally counterproductive Jeffrey H. Michel Editor’s note: This is an important update on our previous assessment [1] Carbon Capture and Storage…
July 4, 2011 China Hit by Two Coal Mine Disasters Heavy flooding in China has led to two separate coal mine accidents, which killed three people and trapped more than 40 on Saturday. In the first accident, heavy rains caused…
July 4, 2011 India mineral output slumps 14.5% in April The Economic Times reports Indian mineral production declined 14.52 percent in April compared to the preceding month due to sharp drop in the output of coal, bauxite and copper, official…
July 4, 2011 Purepoint Uranium updates Athabasca Basin exploration Purepoint Uranium reports on an update on the Athabasca Basin with several companies.
July 4, 2011 US study says sulfur from China’s coal-burning caused slight pause in global warming Scientists have come up with a possible explanation for why the rise in Earth's temperature paused for a bit during the 2000s, one of the hottest decades on record. The…
Silver price whipsaws again as thin liquidity fuels wild swings Spot silver was up more than 7% to about $76 an ounce by mid-morning in New York on Friday, having earlier tumbled toward $64. February 06, 2026 | 01:23 pm