November 27, 2017

Energy consumption vs. energy production – how does your country compare?

An infographic showing the countries supplying the most energy and those who are hungry for it. The results may surprise you...

November 27, 2017

Adani hopes for govt coal mine loan fade after Australian election

The Queensland state premier, who had originally supported Adani's application for a federally funded loan, now says her government will veto it.

November 27, 2017

Investors force Rio Tinto to ditch plans to have Mick Davis as chairman

Decision comes in the wake of a full-scale investor revolt led by the Investor Forum, a London-based body representing some of the world’s biggest money managers.

November 27, 2017

South32 to spin off South Africa coal business

Process could lead to a listing of the business on the Johannesburg stock exchange, it said.

November 26, 2017

Clothes not coal incinerated by Swedish power plant

The fortunes of a lagging coal industry were not helped by the actions of a Swedish power plant last week.

November 24, 2017

New plant in the UK aims to transform biomass into ‘coal’

This would be the first complex of its type in the country.

November 24, 2017

Why the commodity supercycle is favoring investors right now

Precious, base and energy metals are all benefiting from the commodity supercycle, says Louis James, editor of International Speculator

November 23, 2017

European investors to fund $53-million bio-coal plant

Baltania OÜ wants to supply clean energy to utility companies in Nordic countries and Central Europe.

November 23, 2017

Legal kerfuffle in Spain around uranium mine environmental assessment

Spain's National Audience dismissed a series of allegations presented by Berkeley Energia against a legal action filed by a group of environmentalists who oppose the company's uranium project.

November 23, 2017

South Africa’s NUM union signs three-year wage deal in coal sector

Deal averts a sector-wide strike that could have impacted power supply.