August 21, 2017

BHP exiting oil and gas

After posting a fourfold rise in profits, world's number one mining company now "actively pursuing options to exit" its US oil and gas business bought for $20B six years ago.

August 21, 2017

More than 200 workers to go at Sandvik Materials Technology unit

Measure is part of a broader plan to restore profitability at the division, which saw adjusted operating profit fell by 37% in the second quarter of this year.

August 18, 2017

Fracking jobs prove elusive for coal miners looking to switch

While Trump vows to save coal, many miners look elsewhere. Natural gas jobs don’t offer the same stability as coal did.

August 16, 2017

Mining in Australia is looking better

There are several encouraging signs for the mining outlook in Australia.

August 15, 2017

EPA to scrap Obama-era rule limiting water pollution from coal-fired power plants

The move comes only five months after President Donald Trump signed an executive order undoing the previous Administration’s Clean Power Plan.

August 15, 2017

CHARTS: Mining once again one of biggest drivers of US economy

Value added brought by the mining sector grew by more than 21% in the first three months of the year — the largest increase since the fourth quarter of 2014.

August 13, 2017

Trials set for men charged in killing of former Patriot Coal CEO

The two men accused of murdering Bennett Hartfield, the former president and CEO of Patriot Coal, are heading to trial in the next two months.

August 11, 2017

Coal mine shuts down in Spain due to lack of clients

La Escondida was the last project of its type in the Castilla and León region

August 9, 2017

Glencore secures leases for Wandoan coal project, environmentalists react

The Anglo–Swiss multinational secured the first mining leases for its $7 billion Wandoan coal project in Queensland’s Surat Basin

August 7, 2017

Kashmir coal mine collapses killing five

The accident happened in Kashmir