May 31, 2015

Coal facing worst year yet in 2015

China continues to ratchet down.

May 31, 2015

Eighty coal jobs gone in Queensland

One-quarter of the company's workforce.

May 29, 2015

Glencore lines up $15.25bn to refinance existing loans

A total of 60 banks committed to the financing, including 34 mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners.

May 28, 2015

An energy policy for a New Alberta

Objective analysis, and some not very difficult math, indicates there is no physical need, economic justification, environmental acceptability, or social licence for either the Keystone XL or Northern Gateway pipeline…

May 28, 2015

Life hasn’t come back to Canada’s mining sector just yet — report

Mining equities didn’t fare very well in Ernst & Young's most recent Canadian Mining Eye report.

May 28, 2015

INFOGRAPHIC: Lunar gold rush — How moon mining could work

Across history, human development has relied upon the finite resources available on Earth. But the moon – a seemingly barren rock – may actually be a treasure trove of rare…

May 28, 2015

Teck reacts to depressed coal prices by halting production at Canadian mines

The company says each of its six mines will be shut down for three weeks in the third quarter.

May 28, 2015

Wildfire spreads closer to Canada’s oil sands: hundreds evacuated

As of Wednesday night, there were 63 fires burning in the area and 13 were considered to be out of control.

May 27, 2015

South Africa doesn’t have enough coal for power plants beyond 2016

Main power utility, Eskom, is struggling to meet demand in a country that depends on coal to generate 85% of its electricity.

May 27, 2015

INFOGRAPHIC: Nuclear takes back seat in United States, but drives the bus in China

The vast majority of nuclear reactors in the US have been steaming along for decades and are approaching their decommissioning date.