May 10, 2016

BHP resumes expansion plans, says not waiting for prices to recover

Strategic shift comes as the world's biggest miner tries to regain investors' confidence.

May 9, 2016

Making mining cleaner and safer with battery driven equipment

Atlas Copco launches its first battery driven product within the mining and underground segment.

May 8, 2016

Could China and India save the beleaguered coal markets?

Tectonic shifts in the global coal market are underway, posing a series of questions for traditional coal supply markets.

May 6, 2016

Luxembourg aims high with asteroid mining deals

It’s home to just a half-million people, but the country is not thinking small when it comes to the future of mining.

May 6, 2016

Auditor General finds huge flaws in BC mining – First Nations offer solutions

BC’s First Nation’s Women Advocating Responsible Mining (FNWARM) today called on BC Mines Minister Bill Bennett to work with First Nations to address the damning failings of the province’s mine…

May 5, 2016

Sibanye Gold wants more platinum assets, but also eying base metals, coal, uranium

Despite the collapse in platinum prices last year, chief executive Neal Froneman is confident that the sector has turned a corner.

May 4, 2016

Mapped: The global coal trade

The global coal trade doubled in the decade to 2012 as a boom took hold in Asia. Now, the coal trade seems to have stalled or even gone into reverse.

May 4, 2016

China and India could destabilize global coal market

Tectonic shifts in the global coal market are underway, posing a series of questions for traditional coal supply markets.

May 3, 2016

Caterpillar’s new ‘smart iron age’ machines go way beyond automation

The new line of “smart” equipment will be able to communicate, instantly, how it's performing, and what might need fixing soon.

May 3, 2016

Unit of Eastern Europe’s largest private coal miner files for insolvency

NWR’s division, the Czech Republic-based coal company OKD, tried for months to work out a rescue plan for the company, which included a total restructuring or a takeover.