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.

October 22, 2015

The most bullish mining chart you’ll see all day

Commodity Sentiment Index shows it's always coldest before the dawn.

October 22, 2015

Freeport logs third-quarter loss after massive oil and gas write-down

The U.S’s largest mining company unveils plans to further slash copper and molybdenum output.

October 22, 2015

Teck Resources swings to loss after $1.7 billion charge

Earnings, however, beat analysts’ estimates as Canada’s largest diversified miner cut costs to deal with weak commodity prices.

October 22, 2015

INFOGRAPHIC: Europe’s electricity consumption by country and fuel type

The major story here is the decline in consumption of fossil fuels.