April 23, 2018

Randgold expects Kibali gold output to rise thanks to automation

Company said new technology will help the DRC mine achieve its 2018 production guidance of 730,000 ounces, despite challenges posed by the country's new mining code.

April 22, 2018

Mining firms from China to Canada watch as Greenland holds election

China already actively seeking opportunities.

April 20, 2018

South Africa’s Eskom gets workaround to tackle coal shortages

The state-owned utility is seeking coal for seven of its plants that are facing shortages after supply disruptions from Gupta family-controlled mines.

April 20, 2018

HSBC pulls the plug on coal

Europe’s largest bank won’t fund new coal power plants, oil sands and arctic drilling, except in Bangladesh, Indonesia and Vietnam.

April 19, 2018

Trump’s latest plan for saving coal comes from the Cold War

Trump campaigned on a promise to bring back coal that is increasingly being edged out of the U.S. power market by cheap, cleaner-burning natural gas.

April 19, 2018

UK goes a record 55 hours without coal as clean power expands

Coal, which fueled the world’s biggest economies for more than a century, is increasingly losing out to renewables.

April 17, 2018

Rare earths extracted from coal mining by-products

Researchers at West Virginia University expect to start extracting, refining and taking to market rare earth elements in a couple of years.

April 17, 2018

South Africa’s Eskom says facing coal shortages at 7 power plants

Eskom supplies around 95 percent of South Africa's electricity, predominantly by burning coal.

April 16, 2018

Which has the bigger economy: Texas or Russia?

Even though Russia has nearly five times as many residents as Texas, the Lone Star State's economy is more than $40 billion larger.

April 15, 2018

IMF resumes lending to Chad following Glencore debt deal

The Central African oil producer reached an agreement in principle to restructure its more than $1 billion debt to Glencore and four banks.