December 30, 2016 Coking coal price ends 2016 with sharp drop Down more than 5% as market for steelmaking raw material corrects after dizzying year.
December 29, 2016 B.C. coal mine to restart, hiring back 200+ workers Last fall, Conuma put 170 coal miners back to work at the Brule mine. The company is now busy hiring back another 220 miners at the Wolverine mine.
December 28, 2016 Chinese coal industry sees earnings explode in 2016 The Chinese National Bureau of statistics mentioned a growth of “157 percent in the first 11 months of 2016”.
December 27, 2016 Peabody announces plan to emerge from bankruptcy Proposed recoveries for key stakeholders.
December 22, 2016 CHART: China’s economy growing fastest since 2013 Turnaround in GDP expansion in world's top commodity consumer over the past few months "almost as sharp as in 2009" says new study.
December 21, 2016 The world’s mineral industry meets at PDAC 2017 “ Canada is looked to as a leader in mineral exploration and development,”
December 21, 2016 Infographic | 36% of electrical power coming online is from solar or wind Despite the hype around renewables, it takes time, money, and new technology to build out these plants at a scale that will make a difference.
December 21, 2016 These were the top Canadian mining topics of 2016 Commodity price recovery; King Coal on the way out; mining tech on the way in — among the most covered issues this year.
December 20, 2016 Here’s how this West Virginia town is dealing with a fading coal industry Individuals from coal-depleted regions in Appalachia say politicians want to create jobs in mines but overlook the fact that coal is simply running out.
December 20, 2016 Applying soft-rock mining concepts in hard-rock mining CAT launched a fully mechanized longwall system for continuous mining of flat and tabular deposits.
Italy seeks over $8 billion in damages from ArcelorMittal over ILVA steelworks, FT reports Acciaierie d'Italia has sued over alleged mismanagement of the steelworks. January 12, 2026 | 01:23 pm
