July 22, 2014

Itochu, Sumitomo seek to sell Glencore stake

Move comes amid commodity price downturn.

July 22, 2014

Joy Global picks Meridium to optimize asset performance and equipment reliability

Joy Global will use the Meridium tools to predict and prevent asset failures and enhance maintenance strategies.

July 21, 2014

Work resumes at New Zealand Escarpment coal mine

Current activities are paving way for coal storage, site infrastructure and initial earthworks for the installation of water management systems.

July 21, 2014

India may allow private companies to commercially mine coal

India's government will initiate the process of allowing private companies to commercially mine coal and end the state monopoly after the public offer of shares of Coal India Ltd.

July 17, 2014

Australia becomes world’s first developed nation to repeal carbon laws

The country, one of the largest per capita greenhouse gas emitters, no longer has a carbon tax.

July 15, 2014

Indian demand for Aussie coal to stay strong: economist

Imports needed for struggling power plants.

July 14, 2014

2014 commodities halftime report

What a difference six months can make.

July 14, 2014

India may ask state-run miner to import coal

Coal-based power plants struggling to meet demand.

July 14, 2014

For US coal industry, volatility ‘a new normal’

The sector is facing an even more uncertain future as the impacts from weaker demand and environmental regulations are creating more contractual volatility from the utilities to the railroads.

July 14, 2014

Slow growth spoiling China’s appetite for coal

In the first half of 2014, the country’s coal imports grew just 0.9%, compared with 13.3% a year earlier.