March 17, 2019 The coal miner who bet everything on U.S. power markets and lost Eleven years ago, Cloud Peak Energy Inc. made an all-or-nothing bet its rivals were unwilling to match: that coal would remain indispensable to the U.S. power sector.
March 15, 2019 Massive storm hits wheat, cattle, mines in U.S. heartland Blizzard-like conditions in the Dakotas, western Nebraska and Kansas are stressing winter wheat, inundating mines and disrupting ranches.
March 14, 2019 South Africa’s Exxaro Resources FY earnings jump on higher coal prices Exxaro's coal export volumes surged to a record 8 million tonnes. Revenue jumped 12% to 25.491 billion rand compared with 22.813 billion rand the previous year.
March 13, 2019 Greece’s Public Power relaunches coal-fired power plants sale PPC wants to conclude the sale by May and has been in touch with investors from the United States, Russia and China.
March 13, 2019 Mining’s dirty secret faces a climate reckoning Producing a single metric ton of steel in a blast furnace typically releases around 2.3 tons of carbon dioxide, not much less than you’d get from burning a ton of…
March 13, 2019 South Africa union threatens Eskom ‘shutdown’ ahead of vote The labor group is planning a march to the ruling African National Congress’s Johannesburg headquarters on March 30.
March 12, 2019 When paying $1 for a coal power plant is still paying too much A New York-based company is in talks to buy the 847-megawatt San Juan Generating Station for $1, after four of its five owners decided to shut it down.
March 11, 2019 Japan’s Sojitz to sell stake in Indonesia’s thermal coal mine The deal reflects the company's effort to rebalance its coal assets, shifting away from thermal coal investment and focusing more on coking coal.
March 7, 2019 South Africa’s Eskom may need more bailouts despite tariff hikes Eskom supplies more than 90 percent of the power in Africa's most industrialised economy.
March 7, 2019 Aussie state wants to attract more women to the mining workforce The emphasis is on getting more women at senior levels.
Super Copper’s Cordillera project approved by Chile’s National Mining Authority The concessions cover approximately 6,858 hectares in the Atacama copper belt. December 24, 2025 | 11:24 am
