May 11, 2018

Legal fight, delays force Adani writedowns on Carmichael coal mine

The writedowns are said to stem from Adani being forced to duplicate studies and redesign elements of the Carmichael project due to delays in regulatory approvals and ongoing legal challenges.

May 10, 2018

No casualties in fire at Russia’s Raspadskaya coal mine, Evraz says

Evraz, which controls Raspadskaya, said all miners had been evacuated and that the blaze is thought to have started in the mine's technical equipment.

May 10, 2018

Asia coal industry sees blue skies, ignores storm clouds: Russell

While there may be scope to be bullish on the short- to medium-term outlook for coal, the risk factors for the industry appear to be mounting.

May 10, 2018

Erdene soars as Altan Nar project in Mongolia proves larger than predicted

Indicated and inferred gold equivalent resources increased by whooping 208% and 172% respectively, when compared to the project’s maiden mineral resource estimate of 2015.

May 9, 2018

Optimism returns to B.C.’s mining sector as revenues rise by over a third in the last year

Prices for most metals and minerals produced in the province continue to steadily recover from multi-year lows.

May 7, 2018

IEEFA update: the US Energy Information Administration continues to miss the mark

The agency says it sees “virtually no [coal plant] retirements from 2030 through 2050,” an assertion that flies in the face of well-established trends.

May 7, 2018

Trump urges Republicans to reject ex-coal exec in West Virginia U.S. Senate race

Blankenship served time in prison for safety violations connected to a 2010 disaster that killed 29 miners and is seen as the weakest of the three candidates in the upcoming…

May 7, 2018

Indonesia sees coal output flat in 2019 amid equipment shortage

Amid concerns Indonesia could exhaust existing minable coal reserves of 13 billion tonnes 25 years, the government is considering measures to push miners to carry out exploration work before they…

May 6, 2018

Coal mine deaths climb to 23 in southwest Pakistan – officials

At least 16 miners died on Saturday and more than a dozen were trapped after an explosion in a mine in the Marwar coalfields.

May 6, 2018

Two miners dead, three missing after quake at Polish coal mine

A 3.4 magnitude quake hit the Borynia-Zofiowka-Jastrzebie coal mine in southern Poland on Saturday morning.