December 31, 2011

3million t/y Colorado coal mine achieves commercial production

Cline Mining's 3 million ton/year New Elk metallurgical coal mine has started commercial production and expects to mine 2.5 million tonnes in 2012.

December 31, 2011

Mining company says uranium in rail spill

Australian mining company Oz Minerals says a low level of uranium was contained in copper concentrate which spilled into a Northern Territory river this week.

December 30, 2011

The Year of the Deal: Top 10 mining M&A in 2011

If 2010 was the year of rising commodity prices, 2011 was the year of The Deal.

December 30, 2011

Cleveland Potash Works with Teesside University

The Northern Echo reported that Cleveland Potash is working on an energy use reduction initiative with Teesside University in England.

December 30, 2011

Possible nationalization and underworld ties: things go from bad to worse at Japan’s top power company

The Atlantic is reporting that Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), Japan's chief supplier of electricity and the company that runs the Fukushima Daichii nuclear plant, will be nationalized due to…

December 30, 2011

Africa Resources to invest USD 3.5 million in Tanzania

East Africa Resources Limited has executed an Agreement with Korea Resources Corporation for KORES to invest in EAF's Mkuju South uranium project in Tanzania.

December 30, 2011

China’s future deconstructed: Holmes vs. Chang

China has become the $5.88 trillion question in the world financial equation for 2012.

December 30, 2011

Can coal ever come clean? Movement tripped up by lack of hard science and environmental opposition

What happened to the clean coal movement? Benjamin Gotlieb, blogging for the web news portal of the Los Angeles-based Annenberg School for Journalism and Communication, addresses the question of whether…

December 30, 2011

UK coal industry plans for cheaper, reliable and sustainable power

Britain’s coal producers have tabled a five-point plan that they say “will give the nation’s electricity users cheaper, reliable and sustainable power supplies whilst safeguarding jobs, stimulating investment and reducing…

December 30, 2011

Coal ship queue hits 60 at Newcastle Port in Australia

ABC reported that Newcastle's ship queue has hit 60 for the first time in several years, as global demand for coal continues to rise.