February 3, 2012 Tasmania’s biggest coal mine set to go ahead The prospect of a carbon tax will have no effect on plans to operate Tasmania's biggest coal mine in the North West.
February 3, 2012 Canada, Alberta to Outline Oil Sands Monitoring Program The government of Canada and the province of Alberta will outline its program for monitoring the environmental impact of the oil sands industry, an Alberta environment ministry spokeswoman said.
February 3, 2012 Chinese invest $20m in Qld coal hopeful Chinese state-owned Beijing Guoli Energy Investment is to take a $20 million stake in Queensland-based Cuesta Coal ahead of its listing this year.
February 3, 2012 Patriot Coal records loss, idles mine complex Patriot Coal Corp. recorded a $38.3 million fourth-quarter loss that included civil penalties related to the settlement of a selenium pollution lawsuit in West Virginia and restructuring costs.
February 3, 2012 Xstrata tailings dam failure imminent? This must be every miners nightmare: contradicting opinions on the safety of your tailings facility. At this link is a report that is not all that specific about the technical…
February 3, 2012 Canada: Pipeline Rejection Highlights Oil Sands Hurdles Alberta-to-Texas oil pipeline expansion has raised questions about how massive anticipated output growth in production from Canada's oil sands will find enough markets.
February 2, 2012 Main says violations at US coal mines down in 2011 Coal operators across the country are changing the way they work, and mines are becoming safer, but the head of the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration said Thursday there…
February 2, 2012 Glenstrata: Not just mining’s biggest ever deal, a new kind of resource giant Glencore International is in talks with Xstrata to merge in a deal that would create a $80 billion rival to BHP Billiton, Vale, Rio Tinto and China's Shenhua. Here's a…
February 2, 2012 Dilute this! Traders tear 11% off NovaGold after it goes overboard with new shares Fuming investors facing a flood of new shares clobbered Novagold on Thursday after it added almost 10 million shares to its bought deal offering and gave the option for another…
February 2, 2012 Coal in photos The Big Picture: News Stories in Photographs, a photojournalism blog, has a segment on coal photos.
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