April 28, 2014 Ukraine crisis fuels Europe demands for coal, prices jump Coal prices climbed to the highest level since January Monday as European nation set to replace gas for coal in power plants.
April 28, 2014 Thibaut Lepouttre’s commodity plays in a sideways market Ways to play metals from gold to copper and tungsten in a market with weak price movement.
April 28, 2014 Mick Davis wants BHP’s coal division to be cornerstone of his new mining empire Davis’ X2 Resources has already built a war chest of almost $4 billion and is believed to be asking JPMorgan for US$8bn loan to back up a formal offer to…
April 28, 2014 Bolivia’s new mining law to move forward after deal with cooperatives Mining cooperatives will now be able to enter into contracts with private companies by forming “mixed companies” with the State.
April 25, 2014 SNL Energy: more than 14 GW of noncoal capacity scheduled for retirement by 2023 Of upcoming noncoal retirements, more than 77% can be attributed to natural gas-fired capacity, while PJM has the largest percentage of total noncoal capacity retirements at the ISO/RTO level.
April 22, 2014 Mining may cause extinction of most Colombian indigenous peoples: UN The UN warns there are 40 indigenous groups are at risk of disappearing in the country.
April 22, 2014 Teck to axe 600 jobs, postpones Quintette coal mine restart Weak commodity prices hurt Teck's three core business units —coal, copper and zinc— but coal was particularly hard hit due to increased supply from Australia, the company said.
April 21, 2014 Largest coal mines still in Wyoming, but US is diversifying The Powder River Basin was the home of the top nine producing mines in the U.S. during 2013, but the number of PRB mines in the top 25 declined compared…
April 21, 2014 Canada to lose 695 coal mining jobs in same province bringing Chinese workers While Walter Energy shuts down two coal mines, leaving hundreds unemployed, HD Mining International plans to bring up to 480 Chinese workers to British Columbia.
April 20, 2014 Barclays is the next big bank pulling out of commodities: report The English bank is planning to sell large parts of its metals, agricultural and energy business.
Disruption and dislocation: LME metals’ year in seven charts Supply disruption and tariff dislocation have defined the London Metal Exchange base metals complex this year. December 23, 2025 | 07:58 am
