January 11, 2022

Bullish investors add $90bn to top 50 biggest mining companies

Despite the pullback in iron ore and copper prices, the MINING.COM TOP 50 ranking of the world’s most valuable miners made strong gains at the end of the year.

January 11, 2022

Glencore’s deal for giant Colombian coal mine ends up costing much less

The company on Tuesday said it completed the acquisition of the Cerrejon mine, at an estimated final cost of $230 million.

January 11, 2022

Coal prices in costliest US region fall from 12-year peak

Central Appalachia posted its first price decline since July, falling 6.4% to $86.55 a short tonne for the week ending Jan. 7.

January 10, 2022

Indonesia eases coal export ban after 10 days

Southeast Asia's biggest economy suspended coal exports on January 1 after its state power utility PLN reported critically low inventory levels of the fuel.

January 9, 2022

Indonesia holds talks with industry on coal distribution problems, export ban

The world's biggest thermal coal exporter suspended coal exports on Jan. 1 after Indonesia's state power utility reported dangerously low inventory levels of the fuel.

January 9, 2022

Gold catalyst helps transform methane into methanol, acetic acid

Researchers produced methanol and acetic acid by reacting methane with oxygen in the presence of a catalyst made from gold and the zeolite ZSM-5.

January 7, 2022

Czechs look to exit coal by 2033 despite calls to move faster

Experts say new target might not be soon enough to keep global temperatures warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

January 7, 2022

Chinese coal traders shrug off Indonesian coal export ban

Utilities in the region are fully relying on long-term contract supplies from domestic mines, and do not need to purchase from the spot market at the moment, said a Chinese…

January 6, 2022

Bolsonaro throws 15-year lifeline to thermal coal in Brazil

One of the biggest villains of climate change, coal, has won a reprieve from the Brazilian government.

January 6, 2022

Indonesia revokes more than 2,000 mining and plantation permits

President Joko Widodo said the government has revoked the permits due to non-compliance or because they had not been utilized.