December 26, 2017 Coal mine collapses in Afghanistan killing five Officials say the mine was dug with little regard for safety.
December 26, 2017 China halts oil product exports to North Korea in November as sanctions bite Beijing also imported no iron ore, coal or lead from North Korea in November.
December 26, 2017 Oil-rich Venezuela is out of gas "In Venezuela, we are out of gas. In Venezuela, there is no gas oil. In Venezuela, there are no lube oils."
December 21, 2017 Ships in a bottleneck: China, Australia ports clogged as coal, iron ore demand soars With some vessels waiting to load coal and iron ore outside Australian ports for over a month, key charter rates jumped to highest in more than three years.
December 20, 2017 Coal’s resilience today will prove its ultimate downfall: Gadfly For all the doom and gloom about the future of coal, the past two years have been a boom time for coal prices that's exceeded by their 2010 to 2012…
December 20, 2017 Value of top 50 mining companies surge $140 billion in 2017 More than half the 2017 combined market cap gains for the world's largest listed miners accrued to just five firms as gold producers drop out of top 10.
December 20, 2017 Glencore, Apollo Are said to bid for Rio’s last coal assets A sale would allow Rio to complete its exit from coal and continue an asset divestment program that has returned more than $7 billion since 2013.
December 19, 2017 BHP says likely to quit global coal lobby group BHP said it would seek responses from the World Coal Association over policy differences before making a final decision on whether to quit in March 2018.
December 18, 2017 Vale says won’t pay bonuses to striking Mozambique mine workers The global miner said on Monday it would not pay bonuses demanded by its workers in what it called an illegal strike at the Moatize coal plant in Mozambique.
December 18, 2017 Supply cuts a ‘step change’ for uranium price New report upgrades outlook for uranium sector after two top producers remove a combined 15% of U3O8 from the global market in 2018.
Column: EV revolution rolls on but battery metals lose their charge It should only be a matter of time before demand momentum absorbs the current supply glut, writes Reuters columnist Andy Home. December 20, 2025 | 06:23 am
