August 8, 2012 Foreign investors are pulling money out of India’s state-controlled metals and mining firms India's economy is growing at its slowest pace in nine years and investor confidence has also been eroded by the current government's frequent policy u-turns, corruption scandals and power blackouts.
August 8, 2012 Rio Tinto’s Blair Athol Mine to finish production Rio Tinto Coal Australia's Blair Athol Mine, near Clermont in Central Queensland, will finish mining operations this year after almost 30 years of production.
August 8, 2012 Harry Reid takes aim at coal plants in his home state Senate majority leader Harry Reid said it was time to close one of the coal power plants in his home state of Nevada, calling it a "dirty relic."
August 8, 2012 APM finalizes terms to acquire the Donkin coal and other North American assets of Erdene Resource Development Corp. APM has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Erdene Resources Inc., comprised primarily of Erdene's interest in the Donkin Coal Project in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
August 7, 2012 Xstrata to create world’s biggest zinc mine Xstrata has approved a $360 million expansion for its McArthur River mine in Australia’s Northern Territory which will make the project the largest producer of zinc in the world.
August 6, 2012 Photos: Iran coal miners toiling for $15 a day The miners work at a depth of 300 meters in two shifts of 6 hours per day and are hired on a contract basis for 400,000 tomans (about $200) per…
August 6, 2012 CoAL takes broom to board, raises $44.8m COAL of Africa (CoAL), the embattled coal exploration and production company, continued its efforts to shore up its balance sheet issuing $44.8m in shares, and said it had revamped its…
August 6, 2012 Magazines: Coal mining in Kitui off to rocky start The coal mining project in Mui Basin, Kitui County has come under threat as controversies on the shareholding of the Chinese firm awarded the contract intensifies.
August 6, 2012 Fatal clash over $80 a month mining wage strains Zambia China relations A Chinese supervisor died on Saturday after being hit by a trolley pushed at him at the Collum mine in Zambia during a dispute over minimum wages.
August 5, 2012 Dart Energy hopes interest in coal-seam gas will heat up again FEW have experienced the highs and lows of the coal-seam gas business as has the team behind Dart Energy.
Indonesian coal association says quota cuts risk mine shutdowns Indonesia flagged plans to slash coal output to about 600 million tons a year in a bid to boost prices for the commodity. February 01, 2026 | 09:05 am
