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.

August 10, 2020

Mount Polley tailings pond remediation, six years later

Six years and $53 million later, Imperial Metals is still working on the last few hundred metres of creek restoration.

August 10, 2020

BHP to pay $840 million to break from coal in Chile

Escondida and Spence mines have ended a 2008 energy contract with a coal-fired thermoelectric plant early.

August 6, 2020

Glencore posts $2.6 billion loss, scraps dividend

The miner and commodities trader will focus on debt reduction.

August 5, 2020

Peabody biggest loss follows writedown of top US coal mine

The largest US coal producer took a $1.42 billion impairment charge on the North Antelope Rochelle mine in Wyoming.

August 3, 2020

Global coal power falls for first time even as China builds more

The net decline of 2.9 gigawatts may be small, but marks a turning point.

July 31, 2020

Deep-sea minerals could meet the demands of battery supply chains – but should they?

Concerned scientists have highlighted our limited knowledge of the deep-sea and its ecosystems.

July 29, 2020

US appoints coordinator for Arctic policy as mineral race heats up

US announced a $12 million economic aid package for Greenland, which has vast deposits of rare earth minerals.