January 31, 2018 Coal snared in headwind as traders flee $300 billion market The halcyon days of coal trading seem to be over as buying and selling of the world’s most widely used power-plant fuel plunged last year.
January 31, 2018 These are top-10 global mining trends expected for 2018 Consulting firm Deloitte has published what it says will be the top-10 global trends in the mining industry this year.
January 31, 2018 A modern land run? Trump move opens Utah to mining claims under 1872 law U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw federal protections from millions of acres of Utah wilderness will reopen much of the iconic terrain to gold, silver, copper, and uranium land…
January 31, 2018 Suncor Energy implements first commercial fleet of autonomous haul trucks in the oil sands Over the next six years, the company expects to deploy more than 150 autonomous haul trucks in the full program, which will be one of the largest investments in electric…
January 30, 2018 Rags to riches tale ends in disaster for ‘mini-Glencore’ Elman, 77, has watched another global commodity-trading powerhouse collapse before his eyes over the past year: his own.
January 30, 2018 Rio Tinto autonomous trucks now hauling a quarter of Pilbara material The miner's autonomous haulage system (AHS) fleet has already moved over one billion tonnes of ore and waste material within the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
January 29, 2018 CHART: Hedge funds have never been this bullish about the oil price Large scale speculators in West Texas Intermediate and Brent crude oil futures have built up bullish positions equivalent to a staggering 1 billion barrels.
January 29, 2018 Appeal of $15m BC thermal coal terminal project rejected by court The appeal against the terminal at Fraser Surrey Docks was made by two community groups backed by Ecojustice last week.
January 29, 2018 Union at Colombia’s Cerrejon votes to strike after talks fail Cerrejon accounts for 37% of the country's coal output, the world's fifth-largest exporter of the mineral, and a strike is likely to affect exports.
January 29, 2018 Anglo American exits South African coal with sale of New Largo mine Last year, the miner sold other coal assets that exclusively supplied South Africa’s power utility Eskom, including New Vaal, New Denmark and Kriel collieries.
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
