July 9, 2025 Workers at Glencore’s Australian coal mine go on strike over pay gap issues Members voted for the midweek shifts to halt their operations at the Ulan underground mine for 24 hours.
July 8, 2025 Banks channeled $385 billion into coal industry since COP26 In a 2021 climate summit, nearly 200 governments agreed to phase down coal, and major banks pledged to decarbonize.
July 3, 2025 Pakistan dangles rare earths to woo Trump, avoid tariffs Cash-strapped Islamabad seeks to avoid US trade tariffs and strengthen ties with the White House.
July 2, 2025 Indonesia plans to cut mining quota period back to one year, minister says The move is expected to help underpin prices of coal and ores and boost government revenues.
July 1, 2025 Column: Coal used to be Australia’s commodity export king, but gold is coming For decades, coal was the bedrock of Australia's commodity exports before it lost its top status to iron ore.
June 30, 2025 Coal used to make steel gets break in Trump’s tax bill In the latest version of Trump's so-called One Big Beautiful Bill, met coal can claim an advanced manufacturing production tax credit.
June 26, 2025 South Africa to put in place online mining rights portal in July The registry will only cover the Western Cape at first.
June 18, 2025 Retired coal mines can give a boost to solar energy — report Abandoned coal mines from this decade could host 288 GW of solar panels, surpassing Germany's total power plants on unused land.
June 17, 2025 Tanking China coking coal market gets respite after output halts Chinese coking coal futures have staged a rare recovery this month, with the latest gains driven by temporary halts to production in the mining hub of Shanxi.
June 14, 2025 Alberta coal mines gravely threaten fish, study shows Non-peer reviewed study found that Crowsnest lake and its outlet, the Crowsnest River, are “highly stressed aquatic ecosystems.”
Chile’s Mantoverde copper output hit as labor talks stall, union says The labor authority had notified that the company will not have emergency personnel from the union to keep facilities operational. January 12, 2026 | 11:18 am
