September 25, 2013

Mining investments a lot safer in Mozambique, Burkina Faso and PNG

Other notable good performers in the 2013 Corruption Risk Index are Senegal and Botswana.

September 24, 2013

Pavel Molchanov: How to make money with clean tech energy (it can be done!)

Clean tech is much more than solar panels. So if you're squeamish from the Solyndra bankruptcy, it's time to do some more homework.

September 24, 2013

Mining and other human activities hurting coral reefs, causing sea life extinction: report

Species living in declining reef habitats, such as Australia’s Great Barrier, likely to go extinct.

September 24, 2013

Fortune Minerals moving to peacefully resolve Arctos coal disturbance

"It is our sincere hope that this show of good faith by Fortune will help bring resolution to issues at and near our Arctos project site including any protests."

September 23, 2013

Soitec announces record-breaking solar cell efficiency

Group reveals solar cell with 44.7% efficiency.

September 23, 2013

Saskatchewan leads the way on coal with CCS

The province’s leading electricity supplier SaskPower is preparing to commission a new 110MW coal fired boiler with full CCS.

September 23, 2013

One in ten Australian mining professionals unemployed

The figure is up from just 2% only 12 months ago.

September 20, 2013

‘One of the ugliest political crash landings’ – Norway abandons carbon capture project

Norway scraps project to keep carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere by tucking it under the ocean floor.

September 20, 2013

New EPA standards go ‘way too far, way too fast,” says Arch Coal

'Coal plants with near-zero greenhouse gas emissions will be achievable in time, but such technology is simply not available today.'

September 20, 2013

EPA unveils tighter regulations on carbon emissions, experts call them ‘coal killer’

These are the US first ever regulations aimed at curbing climate change by power generators.