August 19, 2014 China coal mine explosion traps 29 workers Last year alone 1,049 people were killed or went missing in mining-related accidents in China.
August 19, 2014 The BHP show obscures Australian mining’s deeper problems Australia's non-bulk mining industry "will die without a strong pipeline of projects moving to development stage," says study.
August 19, 2014 BHP shares hammered on demerger, profit miss World's number one miner hopes to save $3.6 billion spinning off aluminium, coal, manganese, nickel and silver assets into new company.
August 19, 2014 Ukraine’s next crisis? Economic disaster Conflict forcing coal mines to cut output, close.
August 19, 2014 Pace of mine idlings slows in H1’14, but Appalachian mines still impacted Again shouldered most of the burden.
August 18, 2014 Demerged BHP may not hold on to coal assets for long: analysts The division contributed just $746 million of the $21.12 billion earnings BHP reported for the 2013 financial year.
August 18, 2014 Chinese coal burning set to decline first time in 14 years China burns almost as much coal as the rest of the world combined, but new data show year to date declines in output and sales.
August 18, 2014 US firm claims Australia’s biggest oil find in 30 years Apache Corp. says the discovery may herald a new oil “province” for Australia.
August 18, 2014 BHP spinoff could be worth $12 billion Speculation is of a new Perth-based company with current CFO Graham Kerr at the helm housing non-core assets including Australian lead-silver mine.
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