October 10, 2017 Elliott tours BHP investors in renewed push for radical shake-up – sources Representatives from Elliott have in the last month met with major BHP investors based in London, South Africa and Australia to lay out the activist fund's arguments for an overhaul…
October 9, 2017 Mercury from the northern hemisphere reaches Australia By tracing the air backwards in time, the scientists found that high-mercury air travelled over the Indonesian archipelago before arriving in Australia.
October 9, 2017 Sherritt International fined $1 million for coal mine spills in Canada Sherritt pleaded guilty in the Provincial Court of Alberta to three counts of contravening the Fisheries Act.
October 8, 2017 New program in Queensland aims to attract 3,000 new mining jobs The Queensland Government is getting behind a pilot program that, together with an industry group, is hoping to bring thousands of mining equipment and services positions to the Bowen Basin…
October 8, 2017 Chinese companies to build 700 coal plants in and outside China Of all the new coal generation expected to go online over the next decade, Chinese companies will build nearly half of it.
October 8, 2017 Australians protest Carmichael coal mine in ‘national day of action’ Australians opposed to the Adani Group's Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin of Queensland expressed their displeasure at the project on Saturday.
October 6, 2017 Russia takes advantage of China’s North Korea coal ban As North Korean imports of anthracite coal have waned with sanctions, those from Russia have soared.
October 6, 2017 In the heart of China’s coal country, a city bans most coal The ban took effect from Sunday and restricts most companies and individuals from selling, transporting or burning coal in the urban area of Taiyuan.
October 5, 2017 Huge increase in BC exports of met coal this year Recovery in exports for steelmaking coal in BC- global economy is looking good out to 2020.
October 4, 2017 CHARTS: Mining’s 2017 rally forecast to fizzle out Consensus forecasts point to double digit declines for the platinum, zinc, copper and lead price by the end of the year, while coal is set to tank.
US urges partners and allies to increase critical minerals supply chain resiliency Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hosted his counterparts in Washington to discuss solutions to secure and diversify supply chains for critical minerals. January 12, 2026 | 03:08 pm
