February 20, 2017

North Korea lights fire under coking coal price

The totalitarian state is the number three supplier to China of the steelmaking raw material.

February 19, 2017

China won’t buy any more North Korean coal this year

The economic noose is being tightened around North Korea's neck after the pariah regime ignored a United Nations resolution by testing a missile last week.

February 17, 2017

Uranium price rally comes to screeching halt

Down more than 6% Friday as realities of Japanese reactor restarts make an impact.

February 17, 2017

AME Announces Departure of President & CEO

The Association for Mineral Exploration (AME) today announced that AME’s President & CEO, Gavin C. Dirom, will be leaving the association this spring to pursue other career opportunities.

February 17, 2017

Enbridge buys stake in one of Europe’s largest wind parks for $1.7bn

The Hohe See wind park, to be located in the North Sea, has a planned capacity of about 500 megawatts.

February 17, 2017

Aussie pro-coal campaign aims at boosting local industry

The Australian coal industry has launched a new coal advertising campaign – Coal: Making the future possible – that highlights the important role coal will play in the world’s future…

February 16, 2017

Canada losing ground as mining investment destination

Report by the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) says the country is not in a good position to benefit from the increasing number of companies ready to make new and…

February 16, 2017

Trump ends stream protection rule

Coal miners are happy.

February 15, 2017

These 10 companies spend most looking for gold, copper

Majors and juniors swap roles in $7 billion a year mining exploration sector

February 15, 2017

Teck swings to profit in Q4 but misses expectations

The firm, North America's No.1 producer of coking coal, benefitted from the price rally — steelmaking coal climbed 155.5% to $207 in the quarter.