December 22, 2015

Australia ok’s vast coal port expansion near Great Barrier Reef

The expansion work will require dredging 1.1 million cubic meters of seabed near the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.

December 21, 2015

COALspot.com launch CS (i) Coal Index – A new spot price index for Indonesian Thermal coal

With this new arrival of this new coal indices for Indonesian coal, COALspot.com hope to see this new indices bring as much benefit to the Indonesian thermal coal industry as…

December 21, 2015

Caterpillar to pay $74 million after found guilty of stealing trade secrets

England-based supplier Miller UK won a case filed five years ago, in which accused CAT of misusing classified information to produce its own coupler, rather than buying it from them.

December 18, 2015

De Beers closing another diamond mine, this time in Botswana

Debswana, a 50/50 joint venture between De Beers and the government of Botswana, is set to close its Damtshaa mine and scale down production at Orapa.

December 17, 2015

2015: Twilight of the Supercycle

A look back at mining and metals in 2015 through MINING.com's most popular stories of the year.

December 17, 2015

Hope fades for 19 trapped coal miners in China

The site remained on fire on Thursday and the temperature inside the mine “could have reached 1,000 degrees” Celsius (over 1,600 Fahrenheit), according to rescue workers.

December 17, 2015

Aussie coal mine sold by Vale for $1 to reopen next year

Stanmore Coal said it would employ 150 workers when the mine reopens in 2016; half the workforce in place when it closed last year.

December 16, 2015

Joy Global swings to loss, cuts dividend

The mining equipment maker said business conditions continue to be tough mostly due to a slower-than-expected recovery in the global economy and weak commodity prices.

December 16, 2015

Aussie court clears way for $12bn Carmichael coal mine

With the ruling, the massive Carmichael coal mine and rail project has moved one step closer to final approval.

December 16, 2015

RST launches new water-based degreaser to replace solvent-based degreasers

AN INNOVATIVE new water based degreaser, Eliminator, has been launched by leading Australian fine particle management company Reynolds Soil Technologies (RST), as an environmentally safe and effective water based solution…