September 24, 2012 Chinese reforms anticipate sustained decline in coal prices Slated reforms to China's pricing system for the carbon fossil fuel indicate that the country's leading decision-makers anticipate a sustained decline in global spot prices.
September 23, 2012 Good news for Cardero’s Peace River coal project The resource of the Peace River coal project in BC jumped 180% while the percentage of met coal was upped to 60% from 35% before.
September 23, 2012 Australia trade minister: No mining bust, but cutbacks and even new taxes needed Both Australian trade minister Craig Emerson and treasurer Wayne Swan over the weekend entered the debate over whether the country is facing a period of decline as the country's resource-led…
September 23, 2012 Cardero Announces Positive Prefeasibility Study Results, Carbon Creek Deposit, Northeast British Columbia Percentage of hard coking coal increased to 60% from 35%
September 23, 2012 Coal fight looms, Keystone-like, over US Northwest Call it the Keystone of coal: a regulatory and public relations battle between environmentalists and U.S. coal miners akin to the one that has defined the Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline.
September 23, 2012 Eastern US coal will need a year before signs of recovery It will be 12 to 18 months before there will even be any signs of a recovery in the eastern US coal sector says Monty Boyd, a major Caterpillar supplier…
September 22, 2012 2,900 mines closed down in China’s coal and rare earth region Inner Mongolia, a semi-autonomous region in the north of China, has shut down nearly 900 coal mines and 2,000 other mines as part of a 7-year effort to better manage…
September 21, 2012 Xstrata gets an extra week to decide on Glencore merger Diversified miner Xstrata (LON:XTA) and commodities trader Glencore International (LON:GLEN) have now until October 1 to decided on the $36 billion lauded merger.
September 21, 2012 INFOGRAPHIC: The coal boom’s impact on BC CTV BC has put together a vivid visual summary of the impact of the mining boom on both the economy and environment of British Columbia.
September 21, 2012 Aussie resource sector job cuts continue with Rio’s retrenchments at Clermont Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) continues the recent spate of mining sector retrenchments with job cuts at its Clermont thermal coal mine in Australia's north-east.
CHART: Friday massacre for mining stocks but copper price pulls out of nosedive Historic down day for gold and silver prices caused double digit losses for precious metals stocks but copper miners came off relatively lightly. January 30, 2026 | 06:21 pm
