March 29, 2021 Australia sees record $104bn of iron ore exports this financial year The country’s most valuable economic export is expected to earn more than A$100 billion per year for the next half-decade.
March 29, 2021 Coal country races to shield itself from Biden’s climate plan Lawmakers in mining states from Wyoming to West Virginia are determined to fight back coal's slow downfall.
March 29, 2021 Decommissioning, environmental costs often underestimated – study Swedish researchers say insufficient financial reporting by mining companies may lead to an underestimation of environmental liabilities.
March 26, 2021 Teck guilty of Fisheries violations in BC, fined $47m Teck Coal fined over charges relating to 2012 discharges of selenium and calcite to a mine settling pond and to the Fording River from its Fording River and Greenhills steelmaking…
March 25, 2021 Key Australian coal rail line to Newcastle fully reopens following floods The disruption drove coal prices to more than two-year highs above $100 a tonne.
March 25, 2021 India to double down on coal projects amid climate warnings India has set in motion the biggest ever auction of coal mines in the country.
March 24, 2021 China’s epic sandstorm lifts the price of coal that caused it Thermal coal prices could go higher still as China’s worst sandstorm in a decade tightens supply.
March 24, 2021 Australian coal rail line to Newcastle port partly reopens as flood waters recede The Hunter Valley rail network serves mines run by BHP Group , Glencore Plc, New Hope Corp, Whitehaven Coal and Yancoal Australia.
March 23, 2021 Russell: Australia’s rain will become India’s pain as coal flows halt Heavy rains and the worst floods in 50 years have shut the world’s largest coal-export harbour.
March 22, 2021 Australian coal exports disrupted as deluge shuts rails, slows port Glencore said it has reduced output at some sites as a safety precaution.
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