December 15, 2017

CHART: High flying metals to fall back to earth in 2018

Panel of investment banks and research houses forecast declines in copper, zinc, lead and palladium prices in 2018.

December 15, 2017

Coal into bitcoin? Dirty secret of 2017’s hottest market

Creation of digital bitcoins by computer networks has real-world consequences in form of massive energy use, including fuels that cause most pollution.

December 15, 2017

Vale workers in Mozambique down tools at Moatize mine over bonus pay

Workers at Vale's Mozambique Moatize coal mine downed tools on Friday in a dispute over bonus payments, paralysing work at the plant.

December 15, 2017

ArcelorMittal says Kazakh coal miners end strike

Coal miners at ArcelorMittal's Kazakh unit ended their sit-in and emerged from the mines after offers of a pay rise and the threat of legal action.

December 14, 2017

Indian captive power plants running at half capacity due to coal shortage

The Indian Captive Power Producers Association denounced that most of its member companies are getting half of the coal they need from state-owned Coal India.

December 13, 2017

China’s Nov commodity imports confirm trends; copper the outlier: Russell

In past three months, China’s commodity imports were extremely strong in Sept, unbelievably weak in Oct, now roaring back to strength in Nov.

December 12, 2017

World Bank to stop funding oil and gas projects

The institution will stop all lending for oil and gas projects after 2019, with some exceptions.

December 12, 2017

World’s third-largest insurer to divest from oil sands and pipelines

AXA and three other French investment groups follow the World Bank's lead.

December 12, 2017

ArcelorMittal coal miners widen strike in Kazakhstan

A sit-in by miners of ArcelorMittal's Kazakh unit widened to all of the firm's coal mines on Tuesday as hundreds of workers demanded a 100 percent wage rise.

December 12, 2017

World’s biggest floating solar power plant starts operating atop former coal mine

China Three Gorges says this would be not only the largest but also the "most intelligent solar power project with the most advanced technology in the world."