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.
April 13, 2018 Mining billionaire backs outback gas pipeline to ease power woes The project, being considered by the federal government, may cost as much as A$5 billion ($3.9 billion), according to one industry estimate.
April 13, 2018 Senate confirms former coal lobbyist to be EPA’s number two Andrew Wheeler was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday to be EPA’s deputy administrator by a vote of 53 to 45.
April 13, 2018 Major banks earned more in metals than oil last year The world’s 50 biggest investment banks made revenue of $1.6 billion from trading, selling derivatives and other activities in metals last year.
April 12, 2018 Poor left out of mining profits as ‘resource curse’ hits Kenya There were cases of displacement of communities, workers subjected to unsafe conditions, as well as soil, water and air pollution.
April 12, 2018 Glencore is losing billionaire allies to Trump’s sanctions In just four months, Glencore Plc chief Ivan Glasenberg has lost two of his closest business allies, billionaires Oleg Deripaska and Dan Gertler.
Copper price heads toward $12,000 a ton as banks predict further gains With year-end approaching, copper on the London Metal Exchange is up nearly 40%, marking its biggest annual gain since 2009. December 22, 2025 | 07:00 am
