Fossil fuel crunch has been exacerbated by pressure to develop renewable energy sources and reduce emissions

Consultancy's work is often not focused on reducing environmental impact, but instead on cutting costs, boosting productivity and increasing profits

National Development and Reform Commission orders a "cleanup and rectification" of storage sites in major production areas

Chinese government’s efforts to curb domestic power consumption restrict supply, threatening industrial production and closure of auto plants.

National Development and Reform Commission advisory comes as thermal coal futures tumbled 13%, extending losses to fourth day

Futures trading on Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange fall the maximum 8% for second consecutive day after NDRC vows market intervention

The renewed offer from BHP values Toronto-listed Noront at about $280 million, prompting the miner's chief executive Alan Coutts to back the proposal

Latest increase follows government U-turn introduced to boost power generation; floods in mining regions deepen difficulties in extracting coal.

Officials order 72 mines in Inner Mongolia to boost coal production by nearly 100 million tonnes as China battles worst power crunch and coal shortage in years

Australian iron ore giant has already agreed to supply nickel to Tesla and work with them on lowering carbon emissions in the battery supply chain

Beijing has lifted its output quota for 2021 to 168,000 tonnes, with a full-year smelting and separation quota at 162,000 tonnes, amid a squeeze on supplies as the Myanmar border is shut

  (AF) Ganfeng Lithium is set to purchase Bacanora Lithium in a £285-million deal that gives the Chinese company control...