December 12, 2017

U.S. court upholds Grand Canyon uranium mining ban, but allows mine nearby

A U.S. federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a lower-court ruling keeping a ban on uranium mining around the Grand Canyon, but also upheld a separate decision allowing a uranium…

December 12, 2017

ArcelorMittal coal miners widen strike in Kazakhstan

A sit-in by miners of ArcelorMittal's Kazakh unit widened to all of the firm's coal mines on Tuesday as hundreds of workers demanded a 100 percent wage rise.

December 12, 2017

World’s biggest floating solar power plant starts operating atop former coal mine

China Three Gorges says this would be not only the largest but also the "most intelligent solar power project with the most advanced technology in the world."

December 11, 2017

US Senate Chairman presses nuclear regulators on uranium exports by US firm owned by Russia

Senator John Barrasso is expanding a 2010 investigation into the Obama administration’s approval of the sale of Uranium One’s uranium recovery facilities to the Russian state-owned firm Atomredmetzoloto.

December 11, 2017

Canadian junior to acquire five lithium projects

Azincourt says the 6,000-hectare land package included in its agreement with New Age Metals represents the largest mineral claim holdings of projects for the lithium group or type of minerals…

December 11, 2017

Traditional owners say they were forced to negotiate with Adani over Australian mine

Representatives for the Wangan and Jagalingou People said they were forced to sign an Indigenous Land Use Agreement at the Native Title Tribunal for Adani’s Carmichael mine.

December 11, 2017

ArcelorMittal miners stage sit-in at four Kazakh coal mines

About 200 coal miners in Kazakhstan refused to leave four mines operated by a unit of ArcelorMittal at the end of their shift on Monday and staged a sit-in.

December 8, 2017

Glencore says signs labor pacts at most of its Australian coal mines

These new labor agreements with workers at 13 of its coal mines in Australia end months of negotiations over wages and benefits.

December 8, 2017

Canada’s Desjardins not scratching pipeline loans after all

Lender is moving to a carbon-neutral state by offsetting its own greenhouse gas emissions through the purchase of carbon credits starting this year.

December 7, 2017

Harmony Gold says Moab Khotsong mine purchase to boost cash flows

The $300 million deal, which incorporates the Great Noligwa underground mine and related infrastructure, is expected to boost Harmony's operational cash flow by 60%.