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Coal workers back strike action at heart of WA's energy grid
Workers at Premier Coal have voted to take protected industrial action after talks between unions and the Chinese-owned miner broke down. The parties are trying to negotiate their final enterprise agreement before coal-fired power is phased out in…
Correctional Services CFO among four suspended over coal tender probe
Correctional Services Minister Dr Pieter Groenewald has suspended four senior officials, including the chief financial officer, over allegations of fraud linked to a coal supply tender. Correctional Services Minister Dr Pieter Groenewald has…
Rejected Grassy Mountain coal mine is back with a scaled-down proposal
Five years after a coal mining operation at Grassy Mountain in Alberta was rejected over environmental risks, the company behind the project plans to submit a scaled-back proposal by the end of the year. Northback Holdings Corporation, the Canadian…
'The sites are ready': Power giant wants AI data centres built at its coal plants
The owner of two giant coal-fired power plants in Victoria and New South Wales is pitching its sites as prime real estate for new data centres, saying their ready-made access to the electricity grid, water and industrial-zoned land make them the…
India has coal reserves for 51 days: Reddy
India currently has around 123 million tonnes of coal reserves, sufficient to meet the country's requirements for about 51 days, Union Minister of Coal and Mines G Kishan Reddy said on Tuesday, ruling out concerns over coal availability despite…
The Global Gig Economy As A Preview Of AI's Labor Market
Hammad, co-founder of Adcelerate360°, is a leader and board advisor guiding global enterprises through the age of AI-powered commerce. I began my career inside American companies at a time when the idea of world-class work flowing from the…
COMMENTARY: U.S. renewable portfolio standards a gift to Beijing
“Coal is China's foundational energy source,” according to Beijing's latest Five-Year Plan for Coal Industry Development — a reality that's not changing anytime soon. Last year, China added near-record coal capacity, with an…
Black lung cases surge to highest levels since 1978 among US coalminers
A new study by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has confirmed what miners, their widows and black lung clinic physicians have warned for years: the deadly and preventable disease has returned to levels not seen in…
EU Warned Failure to End Russian Energy Ties Risks Fresh Crisis
The European Union is failing to make the investment needed to end its historic dependence on Russian fossil fuels, leaving it vulnerable to future shocks, the bloc's spending watchdog said. States have committed less than a fifth of the…
Indonesian Tycoon Haji Isam Lobs Low-Ball Bid for Miner Bayan
Indonesian tycoon Andi Syamsuddin Arsyad has bid just $3 billion for a controlling stake in coal miner PT Bayan Resources, according to people familiar with the matter, a fraction of the firm's current market value. After weeks of negotiations, an…
China's factory-gate price growth quickens as Iran war fuels energy volatility
China's factory-gate price growth accelerated in August, while consumer inflation picked up again, amid volatile energy and commodity costs linked to the US-Israel war on Iran. The producer price index rose 3.8 per cent year on year last month, up…
A Hollywood Creators Group Is Trying to Assess What AI Is Doing to the Industry (Exclusive)
Are story editors in Hollywood especially prone to AI disruption? What about concept illustrators? Sound mixers? Those are some of the questions tackled in an evolving public project that will be launched Wednesday by the Creators Coalition on AI.
Marco Rubio arrives in Colombia with China ties, trade deals on agenda
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Colombia on Tuesday to meet President Abelardo de la Espriella, sign agreements on critical minerals and civil nuclear cooperation and take up the country's ties to China, in the first visit…
Wendell Berry's life on Earth
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and BPR, a public radio station serving western North Carolina. Wendell Berry made his choices and stuck to them. He did not have a computer or a smartphone. He wrote more…
Could imports be part of the answer to India's steel supply challenge?
Indian steel prices are expected to rise further in the coming weeks, while industry statistics show that hot-rolled coil prices rose by 4,000 rupees ($42.1) per metric ton between August and early September, reaching a four-year high, Reuters…
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