November 23, 2020 LKAB eyes huge investment in CO2-free production The energy required corresponds to around a third of Sweden's current electricity production of around 160 terawatt-hours.
November 23, 2020 Billionaire miner Forrest aims to be a global clean energy giant Forrest’s Fortescue will begin green fuel production in 2022 or 2023. It also aims to move into the hydrogen and ammonia markets.
November 22, 2020 New tool predicts the flow of groundwater in abandoned coal mines The solution uses stacks of satellite images of the same location taken every few days and allows for picking up even the slightest topographical changes over time.
November 20, 2020 China must ban new coal power plants to meet 2060 goal – report China’s coal power fleet, already more than 1,000 gigawatts strong, is underutilized and already includes dozens of redundant plants.
November 17, 2020 China launches yearlong campaign of coal mining safety checks The world's largest coal miner and coal consumer reported more than 100 coal mining accidents in 2020.
November 16, 2020 Trump rushes environmental regulations that could handcuff Biden Trump is issuing permits, finalizing major environmental regulations and even selling rights to drill for oil in Alaskan wilderness before Inauguration Day.
November 16, 2020 Antofagasta commits to responsible copper standard Centinela and Zaldívar mines will be the company’s first operations to adhere to the Copper Mark framework.
November 13, 2020 Limpopo coal plant project may be abandoned The Thabametsi plant lost its environmental approval and shareholders ditched the project.
November 13, 2020 Peabody may be flirting with bankruptcy – IEEFA The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis says that prior to the covid-19 pandemic, Peabody Energy had been posting losses for five consecutive quarters.
November 11, 2020 Gold miner wants to use Iceland’s renewable energy to drill Canadian explorer St-Georges Eco-Mining wants to revive Iceland’s long-dormant gold mining industry using primarily geothermal and hydro power.
Rio Tinto’s fourth-quarter iron ore, copper output beat estimates The world's largest producer of iron ore shipped 91.3 Mt of the steel-making commodity from its Pilbara operations in the three months ended December 31. January 20, 2026 | 02:08 pm
