September 19, 2019

Kepco Bylong’s coal mine in Australia denied development consent

An independent commission found that the mine would have had long-lasting environmental, agricultural and heritage impacts.

September 18, 2019

CHARTS: Mining is riding out US-China trade war

There is weakness elsewhere, but China's commodity business model of importing raw material is in fine shape, says new report.

September 18, 2019

BHP CEO’s pay cut by almost 25% after worker’s death, runaway train

While Andrew Mackenzie's base salary was kept at $1.7m, earnings including benefits totalled $3.5m, down from the $4.6m he pocketed in 2018.

September 17, 2019

Eskom’s biggest coal supplier buys Tata’s clean power stake

Exxaro will own Cennergi Pty Ltd. outright after the 1.55 billion rand ($105 million) deal is concluded.

September 17, 2019

Dubai’s DSA leads bid for mines once owned by Guptas, Glencore

DSA Investments has teamed up with two South African companies to bid for coal assets that Glencore was pressured into selling to a company controlled by the Gupta family in…

September 7, 2019

Australian mining towns posting strongest house price growth

Mining towns account for nine out of the 10 Australian suburbs recording the strongest median property price growth.

September 6, 2019

Colombia’s coal, gold, nickel output down year-on-year in Q2

Multinational mining companies looking to kick off large-scale underground gold projects have struggled in recent years.

September 5, 2019

BHP urges investors to veto resolution against coal lobbying

Several shareholders, including the Church of England pension fund and the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR), proposed the resolution to the company this week ahead of its AGM.

September 4, 2019

South Africa’s ailing Eskom faces emissions violations, could shut plants

The potential closures could cut a tenth of the state firm's 45,000 MW production capacity.

September 4, 2019

Russia’s VTB won’t ‘harass’ mining firm Mechel over debts

Coal and steel producer Mechel, controlled by Russian businessman Igor Zyuzin, has asked its creditors for more time to make its debt repayments.