November 25, 2014 Glencore-Rio merger will happen hedge funds told Ian Hannam, the once and future king of mining M&A, is swinging for the fences with his new boutique advisory firm reports Bloomberg.
November 24, 2014 Germany begs Sweden for more coal Germany's phasing out of nuclear power and clean energy plans aren't going so well.
November 24, 2014 India’s Jindal Steel mothballs $10bn coal project The company became the first major casualty of a Supreme Court decision to scrap most coal fields allocated to private firms since 1993.
November 24, 2014 In China coal hub, city struggles to survive amid economic slowdown Workers go unpaid, factories collect dust in one of China’s slowest-growing cities.
November 24, 2014 Hedge funds bet on coal-mining failures The coal industry is in a prolonged slump with a long list of causes topped by sluggish demand and competition from cheap natural gas, which have pushed prices to historic…
November 24, 2014 BHP warns more cost cuts, management shake up before demerger The world's largest miner has stepped up its cost-cutting plans as it battles a sharp slide in iron ore, coal and oil prices.
November 24, 2014 Goldman Sachs getting out of coal, uranium Goldman Sachs, the biggest trading firm on Wall Street, will wind down its uranium trading business and may sell its coal mine subsidiary in Colombia, according to a Senate report…
November 23, 2014 Five Chinese workers among injured in coal mine blast in Malaysia Five Chinese workers were injured Saturday in a coal mine explosion in eastern Malaysia, Chinese consulate in Kuching told Xinhua on Sunday. The explosion has left three persons killed and…
November 21, 2014 New Mongolia PM brings little fresh to Oyu Tolgoi talks The appointment of Chimed Saikhanbileg on Friday represented "business as usual" for the government, and could further drive away foreign investment.
November 20, 2014 U.S. Senate reveals top banks ‘unfair advantage’ in physical commodities business The two-year investigation concluded that Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan have been manipulating commodity prices.
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