March 13, 2012 Big G family feud is bringing the taxman, regulator and lawmakers down on Hancock Prospecting While the sordid details emerging from the proceedings are humiliating enough there may be some serious financial implications for Gina Rinehart – mining's 4th richest person with a fortune pegged…
March 13, 2012 Miner dies at Alpha mine in West Virginia A coal miner was fatally injured in an Alpha Natural Resources Inc mine in West Virginia over the weekend, the company said on Monday.
March 13, 2012 China gives miners another scare as $58 billion monthly swing hands it largest trade deficit in 12 years MarketWatch quotes Nomura economist Zhiwei Zhang as saying: "Overall, economic conditions are getting weaker at a fast pace. The slowdown is happening faster than the government expected."
March 12, 2012 US coal production to fall 10pc this year, study says US coal production is set to decline 10pc year over year in 2012, or by 2mn short tons (83mn metric tonnes), as miners try to bring supply in line with…
March 12, 2012 Ten percent yields without buying a single stock? The average interest rate for a savings account today is 0.45%. It wasn't that long ago that one could easily earn 5% in a well-chosen savings account, like those offered…
March 12, 2012 Anti-coal mining activists received Australia’s taxpayer funds Several groups named in a secret Greenpeace-led coalition to destroy the coal industry have received almost $750,000 in federal funding.
March 12, 2012 Inuit government officially ends 3-year uranium mining moratorium in Canada’s Labrador The Nunatsiavut Government of Labrador, a regional Inuit government formed in 2005, has officially lifted a three-year-old moratorium on uranium mining on Inuit lands, by enacting its Environmental Protection Act…
March 12, 2012 Crandall Canyon victims’ families call plea bargain deal ‘a slap in the face’ "I can't believe what the [U.S. Attorney] did. We are emotional and at a loss for words. I wish they had not done anything. It would have been better than…
March 11, 2012 Indonesia’s Rule No. 24 likely to embolden other nations to grab more from mining Indonesia surprised the global mining community last week after a new rule – Government Regulation No. 24 of 2012 – was quietly announced on the mining ministry's website. A growing…
March 11, 2012 Oilsands producers plan reconstruction of wetlands lberta's oilsands producers are used to thinking big, and their plans to clean up the mess their mines leave behind are fully in line with the outsized trucks that prowl…
World No. 2 gold miner is ‘willing to move’ on M&A, CEO says Agnico Eagle CEO Ammar Al-Joundi said the gold producer is “very well-positioned” to pursue acquisitions should opportunities emerge. February 13, 2026 | 02:47 pm
