December 9, 2014 Anglo American struggling to meet targets, mulls coal assets sale Anglo’s boss Mark Cutifani says company needs to find an extra $2 billion of earnings before interest and tax to meet the return on capital target set for 2015.
December 9, 2014 Vale sells stake in Mozambique coal project to Mitsui for $763m Mitsui, which since 2003 is part of the holding group that controls Vale, is expanding partnerships with the world’s largest iron-ore miner.
December 9, 2014 Obama’s ’Colbert’ show appearance no laughing matter for Canada’s oil patch In the Monday night episode of “The Colbert Report,” the joke was on Canada’s oil industry. That’s because the featured guest appeared to take a dig at the industry’s long-awaited,…
December 8, 2014 From Babylon to beyond – human rights development in mining Whether it’s the development of a new mine in Central Africa or fracking in the English Home Counties, the scope for complex and sensitive human rights issues to arise is…
December 8, 2014 Trafigura bullish on strong results, hands $885m to top executives The buyback was revealed in the company’s annual report, which showed improved operating profits in spite of difficult market conditions in the last two years.
December 8, 2014 BHP Billiton spin-off named South32 The waiting game is over. BHP Billiton has named its Perth-based spin-off company, appointing Graham Kerr as its chief executive.
December 7, 2014 Patriot Coal issues WARN notices at West Kentucky operations Patriot Coal Corporation issued WARN Act notices to all employees at the Highland mining complex located near Henderson, Kentucky, and the Dodge Hill mining complex located near Sturgis, Kentucky.
December 7, 2014 Deep in coal country, many pondering a future without it The rest of the house is just waking as Scottie Sizemore plops down in a rocking chair on his front porch with a cup of coffee. The sun has yet…
December 6, 2014 Alberta Gas – All Dressed Up and No Place to Go? Canadian natural gas prices could drop by well over half in 2015 as new pipelines allow very cheap Marcellus gas to flood North America says a November 4 report by…
December 5, 2014 US mining can’t find workers fast enough More than 36% of the jobs in mining and logging stay open for longer than three months.
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
