March 27, 2014

Coking coal price crashes through $100

Spot Australian coking coal export price in single digits for the first time and contract prices at 6-year lows.

March 27, 2014

Glencore Xstrata shutting Australia’s Ravensworth coal mine down

The miner blamed the decision on weak coal prices, high costs and a strong local dollar.

March 27, 2014

Southern African miners at high risk of dying from tuberculosis — report

The frequency of TB among mineworkers is ten times higher than the level of a health emergency as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO).

March 25, 2014

Why major profits could be ahead for investors in natural gas

One of the most important investing lessons I have learned over time is to be careful when the price of an asset goes up significantly in a very short period…

March 24, 2014

Duke Energy tries to retain customers after charged with illegally pumping coal ash into rivers

Last week the company was accused by regulators of illegally pumping 61 million gallons of contaminated water from a coal ash pit into a river.

March 24, 2014

SouthGobi hit badly by coal prices slump, seeks funding to avert default

The Vancouver-based miner said it expected coal prices to remain weak.

March 24, 2014

Gas sector to replace mining as Australia’s main growth driver

Together with other four key industries, gas could add $250 billion to the economy over the next two decades, shows a new study.

March 23, 2014

Birth of new Ukrainian nation? Interview with Robert Bensh

With Crimea, Ukraine loses some prospective offshore oil and gas territory in the Black Sea, but it doesn't lose any shale. All the shale is in Ukraine's east and west.

March 23, 2014

Value of US mineral production decreased in 2013

Not because of lower production but lower metals prices.

March 21, 2014

Rio Tinto demands carbon capture progress, but doesn’t want to pay for it

The miner's energy division chief, Harry Kenyon-Slaney, said current climate change policy debate is idealistic and too focused on renewable energy.