August 26, 2020

Trump promised a coal comeback but America’s miners need an energy revolution

Biden has pledged to spend $2-trillion leading a “clean energy revolution” that would include “an unprecedented investment” to help coal communities diversify their economies.

August 24, 2020

A Chinese coal miner is getting into solar production

Shanxi Coal is planning a significant investment in the competing business of making high-tech solar power cells.

August 21, 2020

Nigerian oil services firm Japaul seeks $70 million to switch to mining

Japaul has obtained licenses to mine gold, lead, nickel and copper.

August 21, 2020

Erdogan says Turkey found its largest ever gas deposit

Turkey has found 320 billion cubic meters of natural gas in the Black Sea, and hopes to begin production by 2023.

August 18, 2020

BHP broadens plans to exit coal operations

The miner is accelerating the sale or spinoff of interests in mines in Australia and Colombia, as well as other coal and oil assets.

August 17, 2020

Trump plans arctic drilling rights sale in likely 2020 clash

The Trump administration authorized a sweeping plan to sell drilling rights and spur oil development in Alaska’s rugged Arctic refuge.

August 16, 2020

Four people die in accident near coal mine of Russia’s Severstal

The workers were demolishing a building near a coal mine owned by Severstal.

August 13, 2020

Home of the oil sands eyes cleaner future as hydrogen superpower

Canada has the potential to become a top hydrogen exporter and shake off a reputation of global warming offender.

August 13, 2020

New South Wales greenlights Vickery coal mine expansion

The approval comes with 184 conditions aimed at mitigating environmental and social impacts.

August 11, 2020

The world’s changing nuclear reactor landscape

Using data from the Power Reactor Information System, Visual Capitalist maps out where nuclear reactors are subsiding and where future capacity will reside.