July 12, 2016

Montana to close two coal units serving Pacific Northwest customers

The road to a coal-less future was strewn with two more casualties Tuesday, after a large Montana coal plant agreed to shut down two of its units.

July 12, 2016

Here is how EPA can make firms, not taxpayers, pay for mine clean up — report

Report issued as EPA writes court-ordered rules to protect public from financial liabilities like Colorado’s Gold King disaster

July 12, 2016

Glencore to sell Australian coal train fleet within 3 months

It expects to fetch between $755 million to $1.1 billion for the nine trains, which carry coal from mines in NSW to port operations on Australia's eastern seaboard.

July 11, 2016

Thermal coal price hits 10-month high as Chinese buyers snap up cargoes

A crackdown by the Chinese government on surplus thermal coal has had a knock-on effect on the price.

July 11, 2016

Gold price rally helps producers climb world’s top 25 mining companies list

Study shows there are more bullion miners among higher market capital ranking of mining companies in second quarter of 2016 than a year a go.

July 11, 2016

Sibanye may close loss-making Cooke 4 mine, puts 2,500 jobs on the line

The company said financial losses at the mine threaten the viability of the rest of the Cooke operations, which include four mines and three processing plants.

July 8, 2016

Deutsche Bank ditches coal investments

The German banking giant is the last lender to pull back from the embattled coal sector.

July 7, 2016

Alpha Natural Resources, Arch Coal near bankruptcy exit deals

Alpha, which filed for bankruptcy in August last year, is scheduled to ask a federal judge Thursday to approve its exit plan despite objections to it.

July 6, 2016

Chinese fund eyes Glencore gold mine in Kazakhstan

China’s state-backed Silk Road Fund is said to be considering a joint $2 billion bid with China National Gold Group for the Vasilkovskoye mine.

July 5, 2016

INFOGRAPHIC: Silver skyrockets post-Brexit, energy is back!

Energy had an impressive comeback in Q2, with natural gas and oil being the best performing commodities of the quarter.