February 14, 2013 Rio Tinto smashed by largest ever loss, new CEO vows cuts The mining giant provided investors with a sour Valentine’s treat as it posted a $3 billion loss, its first ever full-year loss.
February 13, 2013 Text: Obama on energy, natural gas, climate change in 2013 state of the union speech SOTU is front-loaded.
February 12, 2013 Glencore-Xstrata post poor key metals output The miners joint production numbers released by Glencore revealed a decline in output across key metals such as coal and copper.
February 11, 2013 Blast at Russia coal mine kills 18 A deadly explosion at a coal mine in the remote Russian Far North, within the Arctic Circle, left 18 people dead so far, said Monday the country’s Emergency Situations Ministry.
February 10, 2013 Convinced you’d rather work for Amazon than down a coal mine? Read this first FT takes a look at the fortunes of Rugeley now that the online giant Amazon has replaced the coal mine as the economic heart of the small English town.
February 8, 2013 Windfall tax on Aussie miners falls flat $130 million over the first 6 months versus $2 billion target for the year.
February 8, 2013 Nut of the year: miner risked major disaster by smoking underground Donald Adams, 51, was also charged with reckless endangerment for the incident that happened while other 117 miners were working inside the mine.
February 8, 2013 HD Mining extends olive branch to unions in open letter HD Mining has requested that unions drop their legal action and engage in negotiations.
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