May 16, 2012 How to lose $1 billion in a day. Ask Eike Brazil's Eike Fuhrken Batista is the world of mining's richest man and he's been on a roll this year – until Tuesday when $1,023,200,000 disappeared from his personal fortune.
May 15, 2012 Xstrata Coal, JX Nippon plan $35 million study of B.C. coal project A partnership formed by JX Nippon Oil & Energy and Xstrata Coal will invest $35 million on a preliminary study of the Suska coal project in eastern British Columbia.
May 15, 2012 Chinese ‘Pompeii’ threatened by coal mine A forest of fossils that is being compared to a "vegetational Pompeii" is under threat from coal mining, says a story in China Daily.
May 15, 2012 Sinopec to tap into shale gas market and rescue China from growing gas shortfall Sinopec Group, China’s second biggest oil and gas producer, announced it has launched its first shale gas project, expecting to produce 300 to 500 million cubic metres a year by…
May 15, 2012 Fifth largest coal deposit in the world found in Colombia Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista just got richer. CCX, a division of the billionaire’s EBX Group energy arm MPX, announced it has completed a study of coal reserves in the San…
May 15, 2012 CNRL faces environmental charges Alberta has laid three charges against a major oilsands company in connection to the alleged release of hydrogen sulphide gas, a byproduct of bitumen production.
May 14, 2012 The recent stock and oil relationship – and how to trade it Today's story comes from Cory Mitchell, who explains how the charts of oil and the overall market are now hauntingly like the 2006-2008 period—but in the short term, that means…
May 14, 2012 US appeals court ruling upholding permit for large surface coal mine The US government said it will appeal a federal district court's March ruling that found Arch Coal's Spruce No. 1 surface mine permit in Logan County, West Virginia, was valid.
May 14, 2012 CIL, Limpopo government ink pact to develop coal mines in South Africa The government today said Coal India (CIL) has signed a pact with government of Limpopo, South Africa for jointly identifying, exploring and developing coal mines.
May 14, 2012 India plagued by problems acquiring foreign mines India is not China when it comes to successful acquisitions of foreign mining companies, reports the Wall Street Journal.
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