March 17, 2019 The coal miner who bet everything on U.S. power markets and lost Eleven years ago, Cloud Peak Energy Inc. made an all-or-nothing bet its rivals were unwilling to match: that coal would remain indispensable to the U.S. power sector.
March 15, 2019 U.S., Brazil could collaborate on nuclear reactors — Brazil energy minister Brazil is preparing legislation that would clear the way for both private and foreign investment in prospecting and mining for uranium in the country.
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.
Rising copper prices help Freeport-McMoRan offset Grasberg production dip Average copper prices rose in the fourth quarter and hit all-time highs late in December. January 22, 2026 | 10:08 am
