June 22, 2015

Kameron Collieries closer to reopen massive coal mine in Canada’s Nova Scotia

In recent months the mine has been pumped out and now the company is working on fixing existing power lines and bringing equipment to the site.

June 22, 2015

Setting sights on ‘invisible’ mining

In-situ recovery is a new and largely untapped frontier that could improve environmental performance and change the economics of mining.

June 22, 2015

Glencore to pay new entity in global chain to market coal

Swiss-based mining giant Glencore says it will pay a new entity within its global chain to market and distribute its coal as it moves to close its Singapore office.

June 22, 2015

Low prices and rising global political will are shifting future of the oil sands

Collapsed prices, a looming recession, calls for a development moratorium, halting federal action on emissions – the oil sands are under pressure on many fronts.

June 22, 2015

US regulator drops probe on Gold Fields’ South Deep BEE deal

The probe focused on a 2010 deal through which the company gave a 9% of its South Deep mine to a group of black investors in order to meet government’s…

June 21, 2015

Met-coal plumbs decade lows

Hobbled by too much supply and not enough demand, especially in China, the coal needed to produce steel has fallen to levels not seen since 2004.

June 21, 2015

China’s energy demand may not increase until 2017

In this post I revisit the energy production and consumption data for China looking for clues about the future direction of global energy markets.

June 18, 2015

Fission 60 Hole Program to Target R600W and Triple R Growth Plus Regional Targets

Aggressive drilling to be accompanied by radon survey targeting the key EM conductor from Triple R deposit to the high-grade boulder field

June 17, 2015

INFOGRAPHIC: Every Chinese overseas investment over $100m visualized

Showing over 1,250 attempted transactions, this list includes both successful and failed attempts in order to visualize the ebb and flow of Chinese investments up until mid-2014.

June 17, 2015

SNL Energy: Narrow band of 16 Central Appalacia counties ‘Ground Zero’ in coal job free fall

Unsurprisingly, coal mine employment has continued to fall as coal-fired power plants nationwide are shuttered over regulations and lower natural gas prices, but a narrow band of counties stretching through…