January 21, 2020

German energy shift will be like ‘open-heart surgery’ – economy minister

Comment comes in the wake of country's decision to end nuclear power by 2022 and exit coal-fuelled power sources by 2038.

January 20, 2020

Alrosa starts drilling at flooded Mir pipe

The miner wants to explore the possibility of reopening the pipe.

January 20, 2020

Anglo American goes back to fertilizers with Sirius Minerals’ $527 million buy

The move throws a much-needed lifeline to the British junior behind a huge fertilizer project.

January 19, 2020

No need to dig deep to find gold – study

A researcher has figured out what makes porphyry deposits rich in gold or in copper.

January 17, 2020

LME stock surge grounds high-flying nickel, but for how long?

London Metal Exchange inventory has more than doubled in the space of little more than a month.

January 17, 2020

A global look at high-risk tailings dams

A third of the world’s tailings dams are at high risk of causing catastrophic damage to nearby communities if they crumble.

January 17, 2020

Germany’s 2019 hard coal imports fell 14.7%

Their prices have increased strongly amid political moves to tighten supply.

January 17, 2020

Graph: Low inventories to frustrate zinc bears

Stocks of zinc in LME warehouses are close to 20-year lows.

January 17, 2020

Solar and wind will end German coal long before Merkel’s deadline

A cocktail of rising renewables, halted investments and soaring carbon emission costs will hasten Germany's coal exit.

January 16, 2020

RWE to cut one in three jobs in $2.9bn coal exit deal

Germany's biggest power producer will cut about 6,000 jobs, or nearly a third of its current workforce, by 2030.