October 4, 2015

30,000 South African coal miners poised to strike

The fate of the South African mining industry is once again in the hands of striking workers.

October 2, 2015

Controversial BC coal mine green-lighted with conditions

BC government grants environmental assessment certificate with 24 conditions.

October 1, 2015

Commodities terrible, terrible quarter in just one chart

Unless you were hiding out in rough rice or lean hogs, commodities were not your friend in the third quarter of 2015.

October 1, 2015

Fifty killed in a knife attack at a Chinese colliery

Manhunt underway.

September 30, 2015

Low commodity prices could persist says Lagarde

Change that is "necessary and healthy"

September 29, 2015

Rio Tinto agrees sale of interest in Bengalla Joint Venture for US$606 million

Bengalla is the smallest of three coal mines in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales in which Rio Tinto holds an interest, producing 8.6 million tonnes (3.4 million tonnes…

September 29, 2015

Alberta to phase out coal ‘as quickly as we reasonably can’ says premier

Net carbon pricing may be too low.

September 29, 2015

Navigating the post PPL No. P15-IV-01 workplace examination

The current metal/non-metal examination regulation falls far short of this important benchmark (clarity in terms of its requirements).

September 29, 2015

Australia’s minerals sector facing skills crisis

The mining industry is now losing highly skilled professionals as they pursue alternative work.

September 28, 2015

World’s first deep sea mining proposal ignores consequences of its impacts on oceans

As the deep sea mining industry chases investors at the Asia Pacific Deep Sea Mining Summit, a new critique by the Deep Sea Mining Campaign reveals indefensible flaws in the…