June 19, 2011 Once and future coal mine: Illinois’ largest state park Chicagoist reports Pyramid State Park probably isn’t on your radar, but at nearly 20,000 acres it’s the Land of Lincoln’s largest. Despite […]
June 18, 2011 Mongolia close to offering Tavan Tolgoi mine to 3 or 4 bidders Mongolia may share its Tavan Tolgoi coal mining project between a majority of the six bidders shortlisted by the government and ask them to work together, Prime Minister Sukhbaatar Batbold…
June 18, 2011 BHP Australia coal miners hold third day of strikes before starting talks More than 1,000 workers at two BHP Billiton coking coal mines in Australia staged a third day of strikes in a dispute that is disrupting production from the world’s largest…
June 18, 2011 Financial Times sees upside after London mining stocks shed 7% in June Influential paper The Financial Times argues in an opinion piece the mining sector, which has been under the cosh for several weeks because of concerns about slowing economic growth and…
June 18, 2011 Athabasca Oil Sand Corp chances on hefty Leduc oil discovery Potential joint-venture partners have been intrigued by a hefty oil discovery Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. made by way of happy accident. Athabasca has been approached by "several" parties keen to…
June 18, 2011 Potash stocks punished after US vote to end $6bn ethanol subsidies Shares of Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, the world’s largest fertilizer producer, are down just shy of 8% for the week after losing almost 2% in late trade on Friday despite…
June 17, 2011 Peninsula ups resource estimate at Lance uranium project by 25% The Directors of Peninsula Energy Limited are pleased to announce a further upgrade to the JORC-compliant resource estimate for the Lance uranium projects in Wyoming, USA. This upgrade has been…
June 17, 2011 Trading stock fear The stock markets’ sharp June selloff is waking traders from their complacent slumber. The risk of a significant selloff, long ignored, has surged back to the forefront of market psychology.…
June 17, 2011 Gold & silver stock bottom likely days away Gold and silver equities have led the markets lower and have underperformed the metals significantly this year. For the past month or so gold has firmed and Bonds have moved…
June 17, 2011 US coal ash industry sees $110bn and 300,000 jobs lost if new environment rules implemented A report released this week suggests that US federal regulation of coal combustion residuals, or coal ash, currently being considered by the Environmental Protection Agency would result in as many…
ERG signs long-term gallium supply deal with Mitsubishi Kazakhstan, which currently produces no gallium, is set to become the world's second-largest producer. December 20, 2025 | 08:34 am