October 20, 2016 BHP Billiton to lose chairman Jac Nasser next year He said he had intended to announce his retirement last year but chose to stay on while BHP dealt with the aftermath of the Samarco mine disaster in Brazil.
October 20, 2016 Cat scales back room and pillar business CAT said it remains committed to existing customers.
October 19, 2016 Coal plant threatens Bengal tiger ecosystem Unesco and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature want Bangladesh to stop the Rampal power plant.
October 19, 2016 World’s largest miner wants 50 pct of workforce to be female by 2025: report "We challenge dated stereotypes about jobs in the resources industry.”
October 19, 2016 World’s top miner BHP Billiton finally sees signs of recovery in mining BHP is not the first major player to flag green shoots in the mining industry. Caterpillar, the world's largest heavy machinery maker, said the same last month.
October 18, 2016 Thermal coal just hit $100 per tonne and may stay this high until 2017 The last time prices for the commodity were this high was in 2012.
October 17, 2016 Controversy surrounds South African coal mine Atha-Africa's Yzermyn project sits in the Mabola protected area.
October 17, 2016 Miners still sceptical that coal surge will hold Prices rose after China — the world’s biggest consumer and producer — cut its output.
October 17, 2016 Caterpillar CEO Oberhelman to step down in March Jim Umpleby, group president for energy and transportation, will succeed Oberhelman as chief executive.
Chile’s Mantoverde copper output hit as labor talks stall, union says The labor authority had notified that the company will not have emergency personnel from the union to keep facilities operational. January 12, 2026 | 11:18 am