October 22, 2011

Two US coal miners killed

A West Virginia miner was killed at a Consol Energy mine in Marshall County Monday night. Charles McIntire, a 62-year-old coal miner at the Shoemaker Mine on the Ohio River…

October 22, 2011

How Does Peabody Energy Boost Its Returns

As investors, we need to understand how our companies truly make their money. A neat trick developed for just that purpose -- the DuPont Formula -- can help us do…

October 22, 2011

Mining companies on the rampage in south-west Australia

Australia’s south-west is the only part of the country internationally recognised as a biodiversity hotspot. It is also a major agricultural area. The south-west town Margaret River is one of…

October 22, 2011

NALCO places order to import 2 lakh tonnes coal

October 22, 2011

Five sacked over China coal mine blast

International News: Beijing, Oct 22 (IANS) Five officials were sacked after a coal mine gas explosion killed 11 people and injured two in northwest China's Shaanxi province, authorities said Saturday.…

October 22, 2011

Impacts of oil sands development on environment are not understood

(Chapter 2—Assessing Cumulative Environmental Effects of Oil Sands Projects—October 2011 Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development) Ottawa, 4 October 2011—A lack of environmental information and monitoring…

October 22, 2011

What’s going on with gold

After a four-day losing streak, Gold prices finally broke to the upside as the US dollar weakened.

October 21, 2011

Mineral explorers support fair settlement to address consequences of the uranium exploration ban in British Columbia

Today the Association for Mineral Exploration BC (AME BC) expressed its strong support of the BC government’s recent $30 million out of court settlement with Boss Power Corp and its…

October 21, 2011

Alberta court denies Maxim coal plant challenge

An Alberta court has rejected Ecojustice's challenge, launched on behalf of the Pembina Institute, of the Alberta Utilities Commission's (AUC) approval of a controversial coal-fired power plant expansion. In June,…

October 21, 2011

Unlikely new port for US Coal

National Geographic News reports that Bellingham has in the past been lauded for becoming one of the few cities in the US to rely solely on solar and hydro-generated electricity, its…