Coal mining companies such as Peabody Energy are trying to boost exports of publicly owned coal to Asia
Not exact matches
Mining stocks are investments in
companies that produce or explore for minerals
such as uranium,
coal, molybdenum (which is used in steelmaking), copper, silver and gold.
The report estimated that between 2013 and 2015, banks put up $ 42 billion for
companies active in
coal mining, $ 154 billion for the 20 largest
coal - fired power producers and $ 306 billion for
companies that drill «extreme oil» (
such as resources that lie deep under water).
Most recently, a report from The Carbon Tracker with a forward by Lord Stern of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change (London School of Economics), argued that serious risks are accumulating for investors in high carbon assets,
such as
coal mining companies and the oil and gas industry.
CDP recently ranked 11 big
mining companies on climate - related factors,
such as energy and water resilience and exposure to
coal and carbon costs.