May 11, 2020 Coal burned by China power plants jumps on heat, virus recovery Coal use by coastal power plants at five major utilities rose for an eighth straight day to 577,100 tons as of Monday.
May 11, 2020 EU’s top met coal producer cuts output Poland’s JSW limited output at its most profitable mine after employees tested positive for covid-19.
May 8, 2020 Lawmakers urge punishment for banks that won’t back drillers US lawmakers argue they are “discriminating against America’s energy sector.”
May 7, 2020 Oil bust forces college grads to rethink career path The energy business used to add jobs at about 10 times the US national pace, now it’s even worse than the economy in general.
May 7, 2020 Energy Fuels to acquire Prompt Fission Neutron technology The Colorado-based company will become sole owner of the PFN technology, critical to uranium production.
May 6, 2020 Renewables beat coal in the US in April In a first for any month, renewables generated more electricity than coal every day in April 2020.
May 6, 2020 Researchers eye intelligent battery management system for better cycle life Improving cycle life may help reduce the overall cost of green energy storage systems.
May 5, 2020 Gran Colombia invests in solar project The 11.2 MW solar project has an estimated capital cost of $8 million.
May 5, 2020 Coal snags $31 million in US stimulus loans for small business The coal company funding came after the industry successfully lobbied the Trump administration to add the sector to its list of essential industries.
May 4, 2020 Coal loses backing from another big bank Westpac Banking said it would exit the sector by 2030.
South32 posts nearly 17% jump in quarterly manganese output The world's biggest manganese producer produced 1.3 million wet metric tons of the steel additive for the December quarter. January 21, 2026 | 02:06 pm
