April 1, 2016 World’s largest coal producer keeps adding to global supply glut Coal India just posted its highest ouput in almost three decades.
April 1, 2016 China’s coal companies are so desperate, they’ve started farming to keep employees busy In an unusual attempt to prevent more protests, some of China’s biggest coal mining companies are now focusing on other businesses entirely.
April 1, 2016 Can US coal companies afford to clean up the country? A worsening financial crisis for the nation’s biggest coal companies is sparking concerns that U.S. taxpayers could be stuck with hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars in cleanup…
March 31, 2016 Activists protest Japan’s controversial coal financing during Prime Minister Abe’s visit Despite many countries shifting away from these unprofitable coal projects, including OECD coal finance restrictions, Japan has continued to move backward by supporting both domestic coal projects and financing some…
March 31, 2016 Vale says write down of Mozambique coal venture won’t affect project Company denied reports claiming that partner Mitsui was revising the terms of their association.
March 30, 2016 Breakthrough aircraft to transform remote mining Lockheed lands $480m customer for aircraft combining power of helicopter, airplane and hovercraft dramatically altering mining and exploration economics.
March 29, 2016 US prosecutors want max of 1 year in prison for ex-Massey Energy CEO Blankenship is scheduled to be sentenced on April 6, day that marks the sixth anniversary of the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster.
March 25, 2016 This country just ended its coal power production Scotland has stopped generating electricity from coal for the first time in more than 100 years.
March 24, 2016 AME BC Welcomes Mineral Exploration Incentives in Federal Budget 2016 The Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME BC) welcomes incentives announced in the Government of Canada’s 2016 budget that assist mineral explorers and developers in British Columbia (BC).
March 23, 2016 Commodity bulls twisting in the wind After rebound in sentiment, mining and metals sector increasingly vulnerable to outside shocks says new report.
Disruption and dislocation: LME metals’ year in seven charts Supply disruption and tariff dislocation have defined the London Metal Exchange base metals complex this year. December 23, 2025 | 07:58 am
