June 8, 2022

Activist investor Bluebell adds pressure on Glencore to fix coal unit

Bluebell Capital Partners has again asked Glencore Plc to overhaul its climate policy, while seeking support from other shareholders to push for reform at the commodities giant.

June 8, 2022

EY’s Top 10 business risks critical to mining’s energy transition supply response

The energy transition demands unprecedented volumes of minerals and metals, with some analysts noting $1 trillion of investment to meet medium-term forecasted demand curves.

June 7, 2022

Rich nations may fork out billions to wean Indonesia off coal

Indonesia is one of a handful of resource-driven nations that could make a major difference in the battle to curb climate change.

June 7, 2022

US seeks $4.3 billion for uranium to wean off Russia supply

Russia accounted for 16.5% of the uranium imported into the US in 2020 and 23% of the enriched uranium needed to power US commercial nuclear reactors.

June 7, 2022

Yancoal Australia rejects $1.8bn takeover bid from China’s Yankuang

Yankuang Energy Group, which is Yancoal's largest shareholder, said it was open to negotiations to boost its stake.

June 6, 2022

Biden’s trade plan to kickstart US solar fails to win over industry

Biden's plan included invoking emergency authorities to impose a two-year ban on new tariffs for panels imported from four Southeast Asia nations.

June 5, 2022

Explosion at Colombian coal mine kills nine workers, traps six

Nine miners have died and six remain trapped following an explosion at the La Mestiza coal mine in Colombia’s northeastern El Zulia municipality.

June 3, 2022

First test for Australia’s new government is an energy squeeze

Australia generates most of its power using coal, and outages at some aging facilities amid colder-than-usual weather have contributed to the squeeze.

June 2, 2022

Canada to ramp up oil and gas output to 300,000 barrels per day to help address energy crisis

Government is launching regional energy and resource tables, to be held in every province and territory.

June 2, 2022

How a cheap component could help kill off combustion cars

The humble wire harness has become an unlikely scourge of the auto industry.