It has been approached by heavy earth-moving equipment suppliers interested in providing funding in exchange for securing contracts.

The country looks to be the petri dish of whether renewable energies such as solar and wind can genuinely replace fossil fuel generation.

Russia is the world's third-largest coal exporter after Australia and Indonesia.

Elga is one of the world's largest coking coal deposits with reserves of 2.2 billion tonnes.

South African businesses are responding to climate change as environmental groups sue the government for not cracking down on pollution from coal-fired power plants.

Moody's has lowered its 12-18 month outlook from 'stable' to 'negative.'

The Australian mining giant has been rumored to be divesting its thermal coal assets since July.

Stats on transportation volumes and downtime, as well as dump truck distances and loads are being processed in real-time.