January 18, 2019

China’s slowdown is miners’ single biggest fear this year — report

Based on answers from 51 senior executives, lawyers White & Case say that trade tensions are the second largest challenge for the mining industry in 2019 and reveal what the…

January 16, 2019

Mining the Americas in 2019 — a forecast

Canada's cobalt sector and Ecuador's budding mining sector for copper and gold will be investment hot spots.

January 16, 2019

Australia’s South32 Q2 metallurgical coal production nearly doubles

Production of coking or metallurgical coal rose to about 1.6 million tonnes in the December quarter.

January 16, 2019

China’s latest mine collapse could cut coal capacity by 100mtpa

Coal prices in Shenmu and Fugu have increased by RMB10-50/t since the accident.

January 15, 2019

Electric cars seen getting cleaner even where grids rely on coal

The global share of zero-carbon electricity generation is set to increase from 38 percent last year to 63 percent by 2040.

January 15, 2019

Project Halo rejects favouritism claims in Optimum coal mine buy

The South African consortium distanced itself from allegations that it is linked to the Gupta family, the previous owner of Optimum coal and other two assets.

January 14, 2019

China’s 2018 iron ore imports fall 1%, first annual drop since 2010

The fall in iron ore purchases for 2018 came as a 70 percent plunge in profit margins since late October cut the incentive for steelmakers to ramp up output and…

January 13, 2019

Merkel seeks to heal rift over role of coal in Germany’s economy

The Chancellor will use a Tuesday dinner meeting in Berlin to press a panel plotting an exit from the world’s most widely used power-plant fuel.

January 13, 2019

Coal mine collapse in China’s Shaanxi kills 21 – People’s Daily

The accident is the deadliest reported so far this year in China's coal industry, known for its poor safety record.

January 11, 2019

The rising cost of socially responsible investing: Mark Gilbert

As the saying goes, if you think knowledge is expensive, try ignorance.