February 7, 2019

Death toll rises to six at South Africa coal mine gas explosion

Rescue efforts were hampered by dangerously high levels of toxic gas underground.

February 7, 2019

Vancouver junior acquires Temple Mountain vanadium property in Utah

The Temple Mountain property was first mined in 1914.

February 6, 2019

Glencore says heavy rain disrupts operations at two Australian coal mines

Major flooding has caused parts of Queensland to be declared disaster zones, resulting in two casualties and more than 1,100 evacuations.

February 6, 2019

Aussie mining exports broke records in 2018

Coal became the number one export earner in 2018.

February 6, 2019

Greece’s Public Power seeks higher price from two bidders for coal plants

PPC, which is 51% state-owned, and the energy ministry are handling the divestment and the European Commission is overseeing the process.

February 5, 2019

Africa Mining Indaba: ‘Let’s talk,’ Ramaphosa tells producers

Executives, investors and government officials meet in Cape Town this week at the African Mining Indaba, the continent’s biggest gathering of one of its most essential industries.

February 4, 2019

Port yanks permit for coal terminal

With the permit cancelled, it is hard to see how the Fraser Surrey Docks coal project could ever end up being built.

February 4, 2019

Germany’s RWE could preserve Hambach forest, but at a price

How much is a tree worth?

February 4, 2019

Vedanta says Anglo American stake buy meets Gov’t criteria

Shares in the company lost a fifth of their value on Friday as investors were sceptical of its foreign subsidiary Cairn India Holdings’ $200 million investment in the diversified miner.

February 1, 2019

Michigan gas outage seen boosting Trump bid to save coal plants

Fuel diversity is the increasingly overlooked but deeply important element of a reliable supply of power.