December 30, 2011

Hindustan Copper awards contract to 3 Chinese companies to develop copper mines in India

Three Chinese companies are part of consortiums that have bagged Rs 1,800-crore worth of five contracts awarded by state-owned Hindustan Copper to raise its production four-fold to 12 million tonnes…

December 30, 2011

Can coal ever come clean? Movement tripped up by lack of hard science and environmental opposition

What happened to the clean coal movement? Benjamin Gotlieb, blogging for the web news portal of the Los Angeles-based Annenberg School for Journalism and Communication, addresses the question of whether…

December 30, 2011

UK coal industry plans for cheaper, reliable and sustainable power

Britain’s coal producers have tabled a five-point plan that they say “will give the nation’s electricity users cheaper, reliable and sustainable power supplies whilst safeguarding jobs, stimulating investment and reducing…

December 30, 2011

Kalgoorlie Mining Company to sweeten profit margins with crushing circuit

It is reported that Kalgoorlie Mining Company has received approvals for a crushing circuit at the Bullant Gold Project enabling it to crush its own ore and cease crushing by…

December 30, 2011

Coal ship queue hits 60 at Newcastle Port in Australia

ABC reported that Newcastle's ship queue has hit 60 for the first time in several years, as global demand for coal continues to rise.

December 30, 2011

Soros sees the bear behind the bullion

Gold is poised to complete its 11th consecutive annual gain, the longest winning streak in at least nine decades, on the brink of a bear market.

December 30, 2011

Keystone XL oil sands myths and half-truths

What do you really know about the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline? The one that would bring a certain type of oil, called oil sands or tar sands, from Canada…

December 30, 2011

Alberta grants ATCO construction permit for 240-kV line to oil sands mines

Alberta regulators approved a 240-kV transmission project in eastern Alberta over the objections of some oil sands developers.

December 30, 2011

Slowing China Means Ore-Ship Rates at Lowest in Decade: Freight

The weakest growth in demand in at least a decade for shipments of iron ore, the second-biggest commodity cargo after crude oil, means rates for the largest vessels will plunge…

December 30, 2011

Outotec offers new partial roasting process to purify contaminated copper and gold concentrates

Outotec has developed a two-stage partial roasting process to remove impurities - such as arsenic, antimony and carbon - from copper and gold concentrates as a pre-treatment to actual extraction…