November 6, 2011 More miners rescued from Chinese coal mine Nearly 53 miners were rescued from the Qianqiu coal mine in Sanmenxia, in Henan province, after rocks collapsed, killing eight people while 14 managed to escape.
November 6, 2011 Feds plan to expand strip coal mine near Bryce Canyon Plans to greatly expand a strip coal mine near Bryce Canyon National Park got a boost Friday from the federal government, leaving southern Utahns to debate which kind of economic…
November 6, 2011 Obama tightens screw on America’s coal supply Weeks after the infamous BP oil spill in late-April 2010, the Minerals Management Service (MMS), the agency that managed leasing and regulation, was split up into three parts. With dire…
November 6, 2011 Jim Rogers: Gold will eventually end with a bubble Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou surprised European leaders when he called for a referendum on the new aid package for Greece. Since then, the referendum has already been cancelled.
November 6, 2011 BHP Billiton to begin work on Indonesia coal project BHP Billiton Ltd said Thursday it plans to begin work on the $1.34 billion IndoMet coal project in Indonesia within weeks, a move that would open up a new mining…
November 6, 2011 ‘Coal girls’ hit paydirt at mines Fly-in, fly-out "working girls" travelling from as far away as New Zealand to the resource-rich regions of Queensland and Western Australia are making as much money in one or two…
November 5, 2011 Did John Paulson kill the gold rally? Even as a long-term bear on the metal, I was initially puzzled by gold's underperformance over the past couple of months, just as the European sovereign debt crisis moved into…
November 5, 2011 Gold posts weekly gains as euro zone optimism undermines demand for US dollar Gold eased at the end of the week amid a surge in the US dollar, but still managed to post weekly gains after Thursday’s rally on the back of the…
November 4, 2011 Majors amassing $144 billion in M&A cash… start buffing up your gold projects The cash at the world's top six mining companies is estimated to top out at $144 billion by end 2013 and M&A activity this year is already up 67% over…
November 4, 2011 Tata Steel said to be bidding for Australian coal miner New Hope India's largest business group is considering making a bid for New Hope Corp. (ASX:NHC) in what could be the largest coal deal since Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE:ANR) bought Massey Energy…
GRAPHIC-Gold and silver soar in year-end rally Investors have not treated the festive break as an occasion to take profits. December 22, 2025 | 12:08 pm