April 29, 2019

Last coal-fired power plant in Massachusetts gone in a few seconds

The cooling towers at the Brayton Point Power Station were demolished last Saturday.

April 26, 2019

Australia approves Cameco’s controversial uranium mine

Developing Yeelirrie, one of Australia’s biggest undeveloped uranium deposit, will depend on market conditions, said the company.

April 25, 2019

The brash billionaire who wants to make Australia great again

Clive Palmer, who made his fortune in mining, is running for the Senate on his right-of-center United Australia Party ticket.

April 25, 2019

Expect cascade of mining M&A — PwC’s Braunsteiner

Recent mergers and acquisitions have brought the industry back into the spotlight, after years of speculation around how the sector could regain power, PwC's Canadian Mine report notes.

April 25, 2019

Around the world, buyers’ remorse sets in for costly clean power

Two decades ago, governments and utilities around the world began offering above-market rates and contracts to fuel the rise of clean energy, but now these pacts are under attack.

April 25, 2019

Canadian miners start 2019 off on the right foot amid mega-deals

Ernst & Young’s Canadian Mining Eye index — which tracks the performance of 100 Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange mid-tier and junior mining companies — rose 5% fin…

April 25, 2019

China’s Australian coking coal imports double in March from Feb

Arrivals of Australian coking coal were at 2.23 million tonnes last month, up 92% from 1.16 million tonnes in February.

April 25, 2019

Sirius Minerals secures European supply deal for its $5B fertilizer mine

The company has found in BayWa, a Germany agribusiness, a partner that will distribute the fertilizer Sirius plans to produce from its Woodsmith mine in Europe.

April 24, 2019

China said to maintain Australia coal go-slow until after polls

China will maintain a slowdown in coal imports from Australia until Beijing has assessed government policy in Canberra after federal elections in May.

April 24, 2019

‘Land no one else wants’ gets solar as coal-and-nukes era fades

Solar and wind farms are being developed or built in places not normally associated with clean energy, and in some regions long resistant to it.