May 16, 2016

Getting a heartbeat on British Columbia miners

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) has recently released their 48th annual British Columbia Mining Report.

May 16, 2016

Australia’s geoscientist employment slump enters its third year

Employment prospects for Australia’s professional geoscientists deteriorated even further in the opening quarter of 2016, driven down by mining’s negativity and dashing hopes for an improvement in the geoscientist employment…

May 13, 2016

Ivan Glasenberg’s advice is buy not build, but rival miners aren’t listening

Glencore's boss has consistently spanked his competitors for wasting and ultimately popping the now deflated long resources boom through a suicidal splurge on growth that took no account of demand…

May 13, 2016

IEEFA calls for ban on US coal exports

Comments filed in Government review of Powder River Basin lease program.

May 12, 2016

Coal miners welcome report that calls for imperative 2˚C climate target

The report considers how the use of coal contributes to affordable energy prices, and allows broader access to electricity and improved industrial competitiveness of economies in various regions.

May 12, 2016

US court rejects coal CEO Blankenship bid to remain free during appeal

Blankenship is expected to begin serving his time in California today, after being convicted of conspiring to wilfully violate mine safety standards at West Virginia's Upper Big Branch coal mine.

May 11, 2016

Miners going broke – worst still to come

New report says mining and metals companies set to default on debt at more than three times the historical rate going back to 1983.

May 11, 2016

Japan risks wasting US$56bn in new coal-fired power stations — report

According to the University of Oxford’s Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Japan’s plants are set to become stranded assets as a result of overcapacity and cheaper power sources,…

May 10, 2016

CHARTS: The May mining and metals meltdown

Seven trading days in and already global mining investors are nursing double digit declines as everything from copper to met coal to silver take a beating.

May 10, 2016

BC mining industry faced another difficult year with continued downtown in commodity prices: PwC survey

Despite challenging market conditions some projects are forging ahead in the Canadian western province.