October 12, 2022

Gold Fields bets on solar to cut costs and carbon

A new solar power plant at the South Deep mine near Johannesburg will supply 24% of its electricity.

October 12, 2022

Europe’s coal price jumps as South Africa strike curbs supply

The Transnet strike also is hobbling iron ore exports as staff refuses to work unless the company raises their pay.

October 12, 2022

Shell launches consortium to speed up electrification of mining vehicles

The oil and gas giant has attracted eight companies to accelerate the adoption of electric trucks and renewables in mining.

October 11, 2022

Coal miner Coronado Global confirms merger talks with Peabody Energy

Australian coal miner confirmed on Wednesday it was in confidential discussions.

October 11, 2022

Cameco, Brookfield Renewable Partners to buy Westinghouse in $7.9 billion deal

"The partnership of Brookfield and Cameco will help drive forward the growth of nuclear power the world needs for its clean energy transition,” says Carney.

October 11, 2022

Strike ends at Westshore Terminals coal port in British Columbia

The Westshore coal terminal at Roberts Bank – which typically processes about 33 million tonnes of coal a year – is among the busiest such facilities in Canada and along…

October 11, 2022

Breakthroughs are helping even cement and steel go electric

Over the past few years a series of innovations are enabling the use of clean electricity to make cement and steel.

October 11, 2022

New environmentally friendly method to extract metals from Li-ion batteries launched in Canada

Toronto-based researchers are using supercritical fluid extraction to recover metals from end-of-life Li-ion batteries.

October 10, 2022

A $900 million oil bond rout is red flag for green push

A representative for Colombia’s Mines and Energy Ministry said that the government’s energy transition plan includes a leading role for Ecopetrol.

October 9, 2022

US government includes Li-ion batteries in list of goods produced by child labor

The US Department of Labor included lithium-ion batteries among the 158 goods from 77 countries that the department believes are produced by child labor or forced labor.