July 3, 2019 Glencore, Anglo mines pollute South Africa water, group says A new study found “massive failures” by the Department of Water & Sanitation to effectively regulate water licenses.
July 2, 2019 German lender pulls out of coal as Merkel vows greener finance KfW Group will no longer finance the exploration or mining of coal or lend to coal power plant projects.
July 1, 2019 Three coal miners die in Poland after quake Three miners died after a tremor on Monday at a Polish coal mine owned by mining group PGG, the company said, in […]
July 1, 2019 Australia sees gold overtaking thermal coal as export earner Asian demand for the heating fuel is expected to top out this year, as large consuming countries, including China, turn to cleaner energy such as hydropower.
June 27, 2019 Trump gift to coal industry won’t halt decline – report New EPA rules make life easy for coal-fired plants, but industry still can't compete with natural gas or renewables.
June 27, 2019 Whitehaven Coal ups its exploration capability with Geobank Whitehaven Coal produced 16Mt of coal in 2018, contributing to record Australian coal export results.
June 27, 2019 China coal imports seen cooling once Beijing reins in prices Authorities will seek to cap imports at, or even below, last year’s level of 281 million tonnes.
June 27, 2019 Chile goes carbon-neutral, begins closing first eight coal-fired power stations Move is part of an ambitious plan announced by the country's President in early June.
June 26, 2019 Kenya cancels environment license of $2bn coal power plant The 1,050 megawatt project is 51% owned by Centum Investment Co. and backed by General Electric Co.’s Ultra-Supercritical Clean Coal Technology.
June 26, 2019 Renewable energy sources in the US now outstrip coal While the US coal industry has been for years losing ground to renewables, they overtook the fossil fuel for the first time ever in April.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
