June 20, 2024

Mining M&A stokes coal race against cleaner power

Many banks, insurers and investors have backpedalled from or abandoned the carbon-belching fossil fuel.

June 20, 2024

Orano says Niger has removed mining permit for its Imouraren unit

The French miner said it remains willing to keep all channels of communication open with the Niger authorities on this subject.

June 20, 2024

Graphite can come from a surprising source: methane

Oakland-based Molten Industries has developed a specialized technique to break methane into graphite.mo

June 20, 2024

Shareholders warn Nippon Steel faces higher decarbonization costs with US Steel takeover

An activist shareholder group said the potential addition of U.S. Steel's 11 blast furnaces to Nippon Steel's operations will almost certainly increase the company's cost of decarbonization.

June 19, 2024

US backs Angola plan to process critical minerals, export power

The southern African nation, one of the top crude producers on the continent, has become a focus for the US in its campaign to secure critical minerals such as copper…

June 19, 2024

Omnigen Energy gets $46 million financing to develop 20 solar power plants in Minas Gerais

Minas Gerais is the largest distributed generation market in Brazil with 2.5GWp already installed.

June 18, 2024

Alberta’s last coal-fired power plant mothballed

Milestone marks the end of burning coal to provide power in the province.

June 18, 2024

US energy storage market hits installation record in Q1

New record marks the highest storage capacity ever installed in a first quarter in the US, representing an 84% increase from Q1 2023.

June 18, 2024

Coal India exploring lithium assets in Argentina with US company

Efforts are part of India's membership under the US-led Minerals Security Partnership (MSP), which New Delhi joined last year to ensure critical minerals supply.

June 17, 2024

Cameco, SaskPower, Westinghouse to explore nuclear reactor tech for clean electricity

SaskPower is expected to make a final investment decision in 2029 whether to proceed with constructing the first SMR facility in Saskatchewan.