May 7, 2012 Industry turns to NASCAR as coal defense gets political Bloomberg reports the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity is tapping the great American sport of NASCAR racing in a bid to win popular support for the coal industry.
May 7, 2012 20 years on, Westray mine disaster remembered Nearly 20 years ago to the day, a coal mine in Nova Scotia, Canada exploded, killing all 26 miners working underground.
May 7, 2012 Import of coal a remedy for India’s power generation losses: Panel Importing coal is the "remedy" for avoiding power generation losses in the country, while the government's replies on the issue have been ambiguous, a Standing Committee report on Energy has…
May 7, 2012 Political indecision strangles India’s coal industry India's starving coal industry is caught between the devil and the deep blue sea: between needing state backing for the massive investment of buying overseas mines and infrastructure, and being…
May 7, 2012 Canada’s Leader of the Opposition targets oil sands again Canada's Leader of the Opposition, Thomas Mulcair, again attacked the oil sands industry by saying that, because of the way it raises the value of the Canadian dollar, other parts…
May 6, 2012 Copper price: There’s something happening here. What it is ain’t exactly clear A takeover of the 134-year old LME – responsible for 80% of the global metals futures trade – is expected to become official this week amid talk of manipulation and…
May 6, 2012 White Rock protestors released from custody after blocking a coal train Fourteen protesters arrested for blocking a coal train in White Rock have now been ticketed and released.
May 6, 2012 Budget ‘must reveal’ mining tax details CLIME Asset Management founder John Abernethy has called on companies hit by the government's controversial mining tax to immediately disclose the financial impact on their business or face reprimands from…
May 6, 2012 Coal ash regulation sparks political fight In one corner is U.S. Rep. David McKinley, first-term congressman from West Virginia’s 1st District. In the other is U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, longtime senator. McKinley wants to limit the…
May 6, 2012 Charlie Munger: Civilized people don’t buy gold "I think gold is a great thing to sew into your garments if you're a Jewish family in Vienna in 1939, but I think civilized people don't buy gold. They…
Gold refiner stops taking scrap delivery to melt down in US Metalor Technologies paused accepting new shipments of metal due to an inventory backlog caused by severe US weather. January 29, 2026 | 04:03 pm
