April 13, 2016 US coal giant Peabody Energy files for bankruptcy Peabody's bankruptcy filing is one of the largest in the commodities sector since commodity prices began to fall in the middle of 2014.
April 13, 2016 Canada’s mining industry backs national carbon price The country's largest mining companies recommend a broad-based carbon price applicable to all sectors of the economy.
April 11, 2016 Tree-top sampling program may help uncover new mineral deposits in B.C. Geoscience BC is looking at whether concentrations of trace amounts of metals found in trees could lead prospectors to the next big mineral discovery.
April 6, 2016 The rights and wrongs of rights issues Rights issues are the best way of raising funds in a way that does not disadvantage existing shareholders
April 6, 2016 Ex-coal CEO sentenced to a year in prison over mine-safety conspiracy The sentencing comes six years and one day after a fatal explosion killed 29 at Massey’s Upper Big Branch mine.
April 6, 2016 Canadians to develop space mining tool Deltion Innovations aims to design a drill that would prospect for water, ice and resources on the moon and beyond.
April 5, 2016 Energy conservation programs in Ontario may cost much more than they’re worth Ontario taxpayers and ratepayers have doled out billions of dollars in energy conservation subsidies over the decades with no verifiable evidence that conservation programs actually save consumers money, finds a…
April 5, 2016 Striking coal workers arrested after violent raid at Glencore’s South African mine Production at the Wonderfontein coal mine has been halted for three weeks after members of AMCU decided to down tools in March.
April 4, 2016 De-carbonizing our energy sector Nuclear energy currently provides around 11 percent of the world's electricity.
April 4, 2016 Meet the new system that could cut coal-plant emissions in half Researchers at the MIT have developed a hybrid system that combines two well-known technologies: coal gasification and fuel cells.
Lithium swings from glut to scarcity on Asia demand, Traxys says Lithium is emerging from a period of oversupply after record-high prices spurred supply growth at a time of disappointing demand. January 16, 2026 | 01:05 pm
