December 26, 2014

INFOGRAPHIC: The top 10 civil engineering projects of all time

This impressive infographic counts down the Top 10 civil engineering projects of all time.

December 22, 2014

Climate Concerns Rise Alongside Growing Global Coal Consumption

New Worldwatch Institute analysis explores trends in coal consumption and global energy policies

December 22, 2014

Despite Ebola, investors betting on Africa

Not so long ago, declining commodity prices and the outbreak of an epidemic such as Ebola would have triggered a firesale of interest in Africa.

December 21, 2014

Turning point for coal? Japanese trading firms snap up coal assets

A flurry of acquisitions of high-quality coal assets by Japanese firms in recent weeks signals that some trading houses at least are betting a depressed coal market where prices have…

December 21, 2014

US coal mines nearing record low in worker deaths

Less than five years after an explosion fueled by excess coal dust killed 29 men deep inside a West Virginia underground mine, the nation's coal mines are on pace for…

December 18, 2014

Mining stocks rally across the board

Huge advances in all sectors from potash and uranium to copper and gold led by a 10% surge in diversified Canadian heavyweight Teck Resources.

December 17, 2014

Joy Global beats forecasts, but sees 2015 as another challenging year

The Milwaukee-based equipment maker warns weak commodity prices and falling industry investment in new machinery will live on.

December 17, 2014

Coal of Africa extends date on Mooiplaats sale

The transaction is now expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2015.

December 16, 2014

B.C. asks you to stuff stockings with local coal

Coal, a major B.C. export, has been suffering from a global oversupply and falling prices. How is that for a reason to fill up your stockings with it? Hmm...

December 16, 2014

Be bold and seek the sizzle, says VSA Capital’s Paul Renken

He seeks the "sizzle," or the narrative, in mining equities because the sizzle moves the story.