December 28, 2011 Areva in talks to sell Eramet nickel mining stake French nuclear giant Areva says it is in talks to sell its 26% stake in major nickel miner, Eramet (formerly Soc. Le Nickel) with major operations in New Caledoinia.
December 27, 2011 Pakistan coal reserves to provide electricity more than 30 years: Dr Samar Member of the Science and Technology Planning Commission, Dr Samar Mubarakmand on Monday said that Pakistan has enough coal reserves that can provide electricity to the country for more than…
December 27, 2011 Shenhua planning Asia’s largest thermal power project in S. China’s Guangxi NANNING, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- China Shenhua Group Co. Ltd., the country's largest coal producer, has signed an agreement to build Asia's largest thermal power project in southern Guangxi Zhuang…
December 27, 2011 Greenhouse gases released from coal or hydraulic fracturing: researchers tussle over which is greater A Pennsylvania research group has challenged the findings from Cornell University, which found that the carbon footprint of natural gas derived from shale is greater than the production of coal.
December 26, 2011 Older, dirtier coal plants about to take their last bow In a ruling that will be felt most heavily by older coal-burning power plants, the United States Environmetal Protection Agency announced new regulations last week to limit emissions of toxic…
December 26, 2011 Australia told to make use of brown coal reserves It is reported that a mining company has told a parliamentary committee Victoria needs to make more productive use of its coal reserves. Exergen is lobbying the State Government for…
December 26, 2011 Coal mine incident kills another labor in Baghlan province According to reports, another Afghan coal mine labor was killed at northern Nahrin district of Baghlan province during the rescue efforts on Saturday evening. The latest casualty tolls up the…
December 26, 2011 Thermal coal miner Ambre plans Australian public offer It is reported that thermal coal miner and exporter Ambre Energy is running a beauty parade of advisors for an initial public offering on the Australian Securities Exchange slated for…
December 25, 2011 Coal India will switch to new pricing mechanism from Jan The Coal India Ltd headquarters at Kolkata. (file photo) – A. Roy Chowdhury Co says gross calorific value-based system to be ‘revenue neutral' Coal India Ltd is believed to be…
December 25, 2011 With mining sector in pits, GDP growth to take big hit An unprecedented crackdown on corruption in India's mining industry, led by the Supreme Court and state-level agencies such as Karnataka's Lokayukta, coupled with rigorous enforcement of environmental norms is resulting…
Chinese trader who made $3 billion on gold bets big against silver Billionaire trader Bian Ximing now holds a short that stands at about 450 tons of silver, or 30,000 contracts. February 05, 2026 | 10:13 am
