May 23, 2019

World’s most contested coal mine doesn’t add up — opinion

After the opposition Labor party suffered heavy losses in coal-mining regions in Saturday’s Australian federal elections, the Carmichael project looks to be getting closer than ever to approval.

May 23, 2019

Adani’s coal hopes look increasingly isolated as BHP joins naysayers — opinion

BHP Group CFO Peter Beavan told a strategy briefing on Wednesday that the world's biggest mining company has "no appetite" to grow its thermal coal assets.

May 22, 2019

Merkel cabinet approves $45B in aid for coal regions

The aid package launches a drive to transform chimney-stack economies into high-tech centers and will help Germany achieve its climate goals for 2030 and put it on the right path…

May 21, 2019

The future of energy won’t be decided by voters — opinion

Investors in energy seem now to be sitting on the sidelines, waiting to see whether the cost deflation in renewables will overcome issues around grid integration, or whether some unforeseen policy…

May 21, 2019

Indoor rainforest maker to transform former Australian coal mine

UK-based charity The Eden project has partnered with Alcoa to build a $150 million eco-tourism attraction at the company’s former Anglesea coal mine in Australia.

May 20, 2019

Controversial Australia coal mine boosted after shock vote

A surprise election victory for Australia’s pro-coal ruling Coalition is ratcheting up pressure on the Queensland state government to approve development in one of the biggest untapped reserves of the…

May 17, 2019

Canada injects $325K into ‘climate change adaptation’ for mining sector

Mining Association of Canada (MAC) will be in charge of developing program to give miners tools and knowledge needed to better plan for climate change.

May 15, 2019

Trump likes fossil fuels but investors don’t

As lucrative as the overall stock market has been for investors during the past two years, clean-technology shares have done even better.

May 14, 2019

Australia’s Pembroke wins govt approval for $700m coking coal mine

Pembroke has been talking to potential customers and is also open to selling a stake in the mine that will eventually produce 15 million tonnes of high-quality coking coal a…

May 13, 2019

First Quantum signals potential restart of Ravensthorpe mine

According to the company, initial planning for the resumption of operations at Ravensthorpe has begun.