October 6, 2011 NTPC shuts three units in Dadri on coal shortage Shortage of coal has forced the country’s largest power producing company, NTPC Ltd, to shut down three of the four 210 mw units at its Dadri plant.
October 6, 2011 Death toll in mine accident stands at 17 The death toll rose to 17 miners on Wednesday after a massive buildup of gas and coal hit a colliery in Southwest China's Guizhou province, adding to a rash of…
October 6, 2011 EastCoal to buy Menzhinsky coking coal mine in Ukraine EastCoal has signed a letter of intent with Aponet Enterprises under which it has acquired the right to purchase a 100% interest in the Menzhinsky coking coal mine in the…
October 6, 2011 Ameren to close two Illinois coal-fired power plants Missouri-based utility Ameren Corporation is to cease operations at two of its coal-fired merchant power plants in Illinois, US with a combined capacity of 520MW.
October 6, 2011 Cameco signs MOU to mill Cigar Lake ore at McClean Lake Cameco Corp. has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with its joint venture partners to mill all Cigar Lake ore at the McClean Lake mill.
October 5, 2011 Cameco signs MOU to improve Cigar Lake project economics Cameco (TSX:CCO) (NYSE:CCJ) announced today it has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with its joint venture partners to mill all Cigar Lake ore at the McClean Lake mill.…
October 5, 2011 Forget pricing, politics and pipelines – there’s a much bigger threat to the oil sands Even if both Keystone XL and Enbridge's Northern Gateway pipelines are built, bitumen is expensive to extract and cannot compete with the many new shale oil plays – particularly in…
October 5, 2011 Anglo American buys rest of Peace River Coal for $166m Global diversified miner Anglo American announced Wednesday it has cquired the remaining 25%, along with rights to royalties it didn't already own, in BC-based Peace River Coal Partnership (PRC), for…
October 5, 2011 Greens sue over Keystone ‘construction’, TransCanada says it only ‘mowed some grass’ The Keystone XL pipeline project of TransCanada Corp. should be halted because the US did not complete an environmental impact review before work started, green advocacy groups said in a…
October 5, 2011 Total AUM on commodities rise in August Total assets under management (AUM) in commodities in August rose to $390 billion from $385 billion in July, Societe Generale said in a report on Wednesday. The rise in AUM…
BNP backs gold price to hit $6,000 as rally ‘makes sense’ The gold-silver ratio, while still lower than its two-year average in the 80s, has bounced back, said Wilson, BNP’s director of commodities strategy. February 10, 2026 | 03:14 pm