February 13, 2022

From ancient pups to warships – miners find more than just ore

Miners have come across treasures that even though have nothing to do with what they were initially looking for, are still invaluable.

February 13, 2022

Coal India has enough stock for non-power sector, ministry says

Coal India issued a statement to assuage fears of shortages given the rising demand for electricity from domestic producers.

February 13, 2022

Giant miners to see record profits slip as cost pressures bite

The top-five western diversified mining companies may see combined 2021 second-half earnings of $73 billion.

February 10, 2022

Indonesia suspends operations of more than 1,000 miners

President Joko Widodo last month revoked the permits of more than 2,000 companies due to poor compliance.

February 10, 2022

Researchers develop ICP-coring system for deep mining

A new coring system has the potential to obtain and test "living" samples from the deep earth.

February 9, 2022

Anglo American switches on new Aquila met coal mine

The milestone marks Aquila’s final stages of construction and commissioning, on schedule and within the budgeted $226 million.

February 8, 2022

Energy giant RWE backs Germany’s bad-bank plan for coal exit

RWE has one of the largest renewable-energy portfolios among European utilities, but it still generates about a quarter of its power from lignite plants.

February 8, 2022

China metallurgical coal futures surge on supply woes, demand recovery

Other steelmaking ingredients on the Dalian bourse also jumped.

February 8, 2022

Research shows risk aversion determines coal contracting behavior of US power plants

New research shows that coal power plants respond to regulatory practices by taking costly actions to reduce the variance of their input costs.

February 7, 2022

US to spend $725m this year on abandoned coal mine cleanup

The money represents a portion of the $11.3 billion allocated to mine reclamation in the infrastructure law that Congress passed last year.