January 27, 2020

Nuclear Waste Management Organization signs agreements with Ontario landowners

The NWMO is looking for a land big enough to host a repository site.

January 26, 2020

Eskom CEO plans operations overhaul with slower breakup mulled

Eskom’s inability to provide a regular supply of electricity is curbing mining, manufacturing and other industrial output.

January 26, 2020

Waste heat recovery could back clean energy power at mine sites

A report suggests that diesel genset efficiency optimization could be the answer to renewables' intermittencies.

January 22, 2020

Spain nears life without coal sooner than anyone thought

Spain last year cut use of coal faster than anyone else in western Europe.

January 22, 2020

Greta Thunberg’s endorsement lands Polish coal miner in hot water

A Polish coal mining union chided one of its leaders for meeting the climate activist as a misstep that undermines efforts to keep coal as the country’s key source of…

January 22, 2020

Boss wants to restart Honeymoon uranium project

The Australian miner wishes to seize an anticipated rally in the uranium market.

January 21, 2020

World risks ‘disaster’ as reuse of natural resources declines

The proportion of raw materials the world is reusing has fallen, researchers said on Tuesday.

January 21, 2020

German energy shift will be like ‘open-heart surgery’ – economy minister

Comment comes in the wake of country's decision to end nuclear power by 2022 and exit coal-fuelled power sources by 2038.

January 17, 2020

Germany’s 2019 hard coal imports fell 14.7%

Their prices have increased strongly amid political moves to tighten supply.

January 17, 2020

Solar and wind will end German coal long before Merkel’s deadline

A cocktail of rising renewables, halted investments and soaring carbon emission costs will hasten Germany's coal exit.