July 16, 2012

Mongolia’s new rulers may put world’s richest coal deposit beyond reach

The Democratic Party which campaigned on sharing more of the spoils of mining with Mongolian citizens won the majority of seats while the junior partner in the new ruling coalition,…

July 16, 2012

The mining boom in Australia is over, or is it?

This was the year for Australia’s mining boom Martin Ferguson hinted on Monday. The Resources Minister highlighted the end of the high commodity prices era that will force the country’s…

July 16, 2012

Australia’s mining success places Great Barrier Reef in peril

The unprecedented success of Australia's mining sector, which enabled the country to successfully weather the financial crisis and has triggered a surge in the Aussie dollar, may have caused irreparable…

July 16, 2012

Tinkler pursues Whitehaven Coal bid in wake of share plunge

Former electrician turned mining tycoon Nathan Tinkler has issued a further bid for the remainder of Australia's Whitehaven Coal Ltd., following a 17% plunge in the company's shares since Tinkler's…

July 15, 2012

Yallourn coal mine flood worsens

NEARLY six weeks after being flooded by the collapse of an artificial river bank, one of Australia's largest open cut coal mines continues to fill with water, limiting the operation…

July 15, 2012

Russians to invest $ 5.5 billion in Thar Coal

A Russian investor Kirsan Ilyumzhinov along with Chairman BOI, Saleem H. Mandviwalla called on President Asif Ali Zardari and showed his interest to invest $ 5.5 in Thar Coal project.

July 15, 2012

Coal mine disaster persists among victim families

The coal company that bought Massey mining is now trying to settle with families that lost loved ones to the disaster that is now two years old. This story is…

July 15, 2012

Meghalaya coal mine collapse: NDRF team returns, no bodies found

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team returned to the city on Friday after no body was found in the three-day rescue operation at the mine collapse site at Nagelbibra…

July 15, 2012

Four killed in wall collapse at east China mining company

Four people were killed when a hopper wall collapsed in a mining company in east China's Anhui province Sunday morning, local authorities said.

July 15, 2012

Money not the EPA is killing coal

NPR profiles coal workers in Webster Springs in the aftermath of the big layoff by Arch Coal, that gave notice to 750 workers in the region.