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.
February 2, 2012 thyssenkrupp to sell Inoxum to Outokumpu for $3.6B Germany's thyssenkrupp AG said Tuesday, Jan. 31, it will sell its stainless steel unit Inoxum to Outokumpu Oyj for €2.7 billion ($3.6 billion) in cash and shares after gaining clearance…
February 2, 2012 Coal India pact with workers State-run Coal India Limited has signed a pact with its trade unions to increase wages by 25 per cent, which would put an additional burden of Rs 6,500 crore on…
February 2, 2012 Newmont Mining finds two suitors for coal tenements Gold miner Newmont Mining is putting a final polish to the sale of its Queensland coal assets, with two overseas suitors vying for a resource estimated at more than 1.2…
OSMRE grants nearly $120M to reclaim abandoned US coal mines There are estimated to be as many as 500,000 abandoned coal mines in the United States. February 09, 2026 | 04:52 pm
