September 28, 2015

Glencore: how did it go so wrong, again?

Glasenberg’s perceived arrogance has irked and magnified his misjudgments on how the financial markets might move.

September 28, 2015

China’s cap-and-trade more bad news for coal price

China's imports of coal is already down 28% this year.

September 28, 2015

Alberta will turn away from coal power, Rachel Notley tells Montreal business group

The Alberta premier is starting a five-day eastern road trip to sell Alberta as a responsible energy producer and a good place to do business.

September 28, 2015

Glencore’s ugly, ugly drop

30% tumble.

September 27, 2015

Alberta to consider mountaintop coal mine for company facing environmental probe

Alberta’s energy regulator is about to consider a plan for a large mountaintop coal mine at the same time it investigates the proponent for possibly fouling a crucial spawning stream…

September 25, 2015

Total US coal mines the lowest on record — report

The total number of operating coal mines in the U.S. has hit its lowest point since at least 1923, one of the earliest year on record, according to the Energy…

September 24, 2015

Renewables beat coal for first time in UK electricity mix

More than a quarter of the UK's electricity came from renewables this spring, official figures show.

September 23, 2015

The ever diminishing ambitions of BHP Billiton

This year capital and exploration spending at BHP will be $13 billion less than in 2013, leaving the world's largest miner with a single greenfield project.

September 23, 2015

EPA Announces $13.2 Million in Supplemental Funds to Clean up Contaminated Brownfields Sites Across the US

Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced approximately $13.2 million in supplemental funding to help transform communities by cleaning up contaminated Brownfields properties. Supplemental funding of the Revolving Loan…

September 23, 2015

South Africa replaces mining minister on eve of massive job cuts

Given that ousted minister Ramatlhodi is considered the main person that helped end a five-month strike in the country’s platinum sector last year, Zuma's decision is being questioned.