October 30, 2015 Future of BHP coal mines in Indonesia hinging on mining rules revision The country's government is in the midst of reviewing its mining legislation, particularly mandatory divestment rules and contract extensions.
October 29, 2015 Mining industry value drops below one trillion dollars In 2011, during the peak of the so-called “mining boom”, the sector was worth nearly US$2.5 trillion.
October 29, 2015 Cloud Peak Energy will stop shipping coal through Delta’s Westshore Terminals starting 2016 Cloud Peak will make a series of payments to Westshore in lieu of its take-or-pay commitments — worth $454 million for 2016 to 2018 — to ship coal through the…
October 27, 2015 Aussie Gov’t under attack for saying there is ‘moral case’ for coal mines But authorities and miners say calls for a global moratorium on coal mines ignore the scale of global demand for energy.
October 27, 2015 US coal miner Murray Energy sues Obama Administration The Ohio-based company says the new ozone standards will severely harm the country's already battered coal industry.
October 26, 2015 Weak metal prices to hit miners through 2016 — Moody’s The situation, says the ratings agency, won’t change over the next 12 to 18 months, and metal prices may fall even further.
October 26, 2015 More holidays, less coal: Chinese media’s five-year plan wish lists Top Communist Party officials are gathering in Beijing this week to chart China’s economic development for the latter half of this decade – and already, the country’s state-run media are…
October 26, 2015 Rio’s controversial Warkworth coal mine extension close to final approval The NSW Department of Planning has recommended conditional approval of the much needed and long-debated mine expansion, as its current permit expires in June 2017.
October 26, 2015 Rick Rule: I am too wise to call a bottom in mining Rick has seen too many cycles to answer a question like that.
October 25, 2015 24 states line up to block Obama’s Clean Power Plan President Obama's climate change plan has run up against some serious opposition among 24 states that are challenging it in federal court.
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