October 2, 2014

Operations at Freeport Grasberg copper mine remain blocked

Protesters are demanding management to review safety conditions following a fatal accident on Sept. 27.

October 1, 2014

Japanese trader offloads $1 billion Canadian coal mine for $1

Marubeni Corp., a Japanese trader that with a partner bought Canada’s Grande Cache Coal Corp. for about $1-billion (U.S.) three years ago, will dispose it for a nominal $1 to…

September 30, 2014

Fed up with Federal inaction, States act alone on cap-and-trade

Unsatisfied with the pace at which the federal government is acting to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, several U.S. states and a few Canadian provinces are forging ahead with their own…

September 30, 2014

Canada’s Nova Scotia introduces ruling to ban fracking

The proposed law, however, would allow fracking for testing and research purposes.

September 30, 2014

Rio Tinto, Glencore could save $500m by joining coal businesses

It would also create a a 15-kilometre long ‘‘super pit’’ from the union of Rio’s Mount Thorley Warkworth and Glencore’s Bulga open-pit mines.

September 29, 2014

Solar power to replace coal as world’s top electricity source by 2050 — IEA

Coal currently generates about 36% of global electric power, according to the energy watchdog.

September 29, 2014

Coal mining revival in Canada’s Alberta eyed by Australian company

The Crowsnest Pass in southern Alberta hasn't seen a working coal mine in decades, but an Australian company has a plan to change that.

September 29, 2014

India’s biggest underground coal mine opens next month

With an annual capacity of 2.8 million tonnes the mine is expected to help feed the country’s starved power stations.

September 29, 2014

Coalview to participate at Met Coke World Summit 2014 in Chicago

The company is in various stages of development of recovery projects in Canada, Alabama, Illinois, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

September 29, 2014

China to impose revamped coal tax in December

The new resource expected to encourage a more efficient use of coal, which has been blamed for the nation's severe air pollution troubles.