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.

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.