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.

April 20, 2014

China coal mine death toll rises to 21

Last year alone 1,049 people were killed or went missing in mining-related accidents in the nation, the world’s largest consumer of coal.

April 20, 2014

SNL Energy: Cold January boosted capacity factor of retiring coal plants above 50%

This extremely cold winter prompted an increased reliance on units slated to retire by the end of 2015.

April 19, 2014

How miners kept their big machines running during the downturn

When we come out of this, Canadian miners will be well-positioned world wide.

April 16, 2014

Rio Tinto iron ore output hit by bad weather in Australia, Canada

Production of the steel-making material, however, increased by 16%, which means the miner is on track to meet its full-year target.

April 16, 2014

Two workers killed in wall collapse at Australian coal mine

The employees died following the incident at the Austar coal mine in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales state.

April 15, 2014

BHP at full throttle

Operational update shows record production achieved for four commodities and at 10 operations.