March 15, 2019

Massive storm hits wheat, cattle, mines in U.S. heartland

Blizzard-like conditions in the Dakotas, western Nebraska and Kansas are stressing winter wheat, inundating mines and disrupting ranches.

March 15, 2019

Polish Audit Office blasts KGHM acquisition of Chilean copper mine

The body, which looks into the way the Polish state operates and how it spends public funds, says the company has spent more than $5.2B in three years on the…

March 14, 2019

South Africa’s Exxaro Resources FY earnings jump on higher coal prices

Exxaro's coal export volumes surged to a record 8 million tonnes. Revenue jumped 12% to 25.491 billion rand compared with 22.813 billion rand the previous year.

March 14, 2019

American Battery Metals ready to drill at Utah vanadium project

The 2019 campaign will include reverse circulation drilling of 10 holes for 3,000 feet.

March 13, 2019

Greece’s Public Power relaunches coal-fired power plants sale

PPC wants to conclude the sale by May and has been in touch with investors from the United States, Russia and China.

March 13, 2019

Mining’s dirty secret faces a climate reckoning

Producing a single metric ton of steel in a blast furnace typically releases around 2.3 tons of carbon dioxide, not much less than you’d get from burning a ton of…

March 13, 2019

South Africa union threatens Eskom ‘shutdown’ ahead of vote

The labor group is planning a march to the ruling African National Congress’s Johannesburg headquarters on March 30.

March 12, 2019

Fission Uranium hits good grades outside high grade zone

The company hopes to complete a feasibility study and submit the environmental assessment next year.

March 12, 2019

When paying $1 for a coal power plant is still paying too much

A New York-based company is in talks to buy the 847-megawatt San Juan Generating Station for $1, after four of its five owners decided to shut it down.

March 12, 2019

Anti-Trans Mountain pipeline funds flow from unexpected sources

Well-funded environmental groups opposed to Trans Mountain received NEB funding.