November 2, 2013 How algae could fuel your car one day Scientists cultivate the fattest algae - progress in the world of algae as a biofuel.
November 2, 2013 Young people flee bankrupt Romanian town Nearly every person was employed at a coal mine that shut in 2006. City declared bankruptcy in September.
November 2, 2013 Not all of Africa’s fastest-growing economies relied on mining Eight of the 12 fastest-growing economies in Africa in recent years did not rely on natural resources.
November 2, 2013 Institutional investors concerned about ‘unburnable carbon’ fallout Following this theory to its logical end, the remaining two-thirds of global fossil fuel reserves are “unburnable”—that is, worthless.
November 1, 2013 GLUT: Oil sands crude drops below $60 a barrel Bitumen derived oil hit by double whammy as discount widens to $37 a barrel and US crude plunges on inventory build-up.
November 1, 2013 BHP miners rescued, Chinese still trapped Both mines will remain closed until security probes are complete.
November 1, 2013 Brazilian tycoon Batista sells Colombian coal mines for $450 million Sale of Canaverales and Papayal open-pit mines expected to be completed by year-end.
October 31, 2013 Mine water to threaten Great Barrier Reef: Aussie Greens "The Newman government continues to ignore UNESCO's warning that the reef could be added to the list of World Heritage sites."
October 31, 2013 Teck announces partners proceeding with Fort Hills oil sands project Fort Hills has an estimated contingent resource of 3.3 billion barrels of bitumen.
October 30, 2013 Batista files for bankruptcy Latin America’s largest corporate default in history and a $32 billion destruction of wealth for Brazilian tycoon.
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