April 20, 2014 SNL Energy: Cold January boosted capacity factor of retiring coal plants above 50% This extremely cold winter prompted an increased reliance on units slated to retire by the end of 2015.
April 19, 2014 How miners kept their big machines running during the downturn When we come out of this, Canadian miners will be well-positioned world wide.
April 16, 2014 Rio Tinto iron ore output hit by bad weather in Australia, Canada Production of the steel-making material, however, increased by 16%, which means the miner is on track to meet its full-year target.
April 16, 2014 Two workers killed in wall collapse at Australian coal mine The employees died following the incident at the Austar coal mine in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales state.
April 15, 2014 BHP at full throttle Operational update shows record production achieved for four commodities and at 10 operations.
April 13, 2014 Gundlach on Chinese economic growth: ‘How about a minus 7?’ Founder and chief investment officer of $49 billion DoubleLine Capital may be a huge China bear, but he likes gold.
April 13, 2014 BHP can’t do for coking coal prices what it did for iron ore BHP is losing big money on its push for a coking coal spot market.
April 11, 2014 Brazil Batista engaged in insider trading: report The country's securities regulator, known as CVM, has found Batista waited 10 months to disclose that four oil fields were not commercially viable.
April 11, 2014 US coal demand slipping, but some basins faring better than others Coal remains the largest source of fuel for electric generation in the United States. However, demand is shrinking.
April 11, 2014 Bolivia to revise new mining law Bolivian President Evo Morales and leaders of the National Federation of Mining Cooperatives have formed a commission to quickly redraft at least three controversial articles of the recently-approved ruling.
Chile backs lithium, rare earth tech with $5.8M funding State funding targets new extraction technologies to unlock value from brines and mining waste while cutting environmental impact. January 13, 2026 | 03:46 am
