July 14, 2012 Coal train hits truck in South Africa, 24 dead A coal train ploughed into a farm truck at a level crossing in South Africa on Friday, cutting it in half and killing 24 workers on their way to pick…
July 14, 2012 Company to pay $7 million for toxic coal spill The Ohio Valley Coal Company plead guilty in U.S. District Court in Columbus to having spilled coal wastewater into a stream in Ohio.
July 13, 2012 Xstrata workers paint trucks blue to fight cancer Workers at Xstrata's Mt. Owen coal mine in Australia painted their haul trucks blue in a crusade to raise awareness and funds for prostate cancer research.
July 13, 2012 Abandoned mineshafts could give modern Glaswegians heat Glasgow residents could have a convenient and plentiful source of geothermal energy right beneath their feet, in the abandoned mineshafts and mining structures buried under the city’s streets.
July 12, 2012 Chinese thermal coal prices see longest losing streak in four years Market pressure from high inventories and a flood of cheap overseas supply, as well as the lackluster performance of the Chinese economy were to blame for sending the average price…
July 12, 2012 Rio Tinto CFO steps down, major shakeup follows Rio Tinto's long-standing Chief Financial Officer, Guy Elliott, will retire at the end of 2013 announced the miner on Thursday, along with a few other senior management changes.
July 12, 2012 Mongolia kingmaker: ‘Fix’ Oyu Tolgoi ‘shadow masters’ and ‘scare to death’ Tavan Tolgoi oligarchs The Facebook page of the junior partner in the likely ruling coalition post the Mongolian elections makes for scary reading.
July 11, 2012 Madrid, Spain mining riots for coal subsidies While the United States Congress debates HR4402, a bill which would make it easier and cheaper to mine in the United States, Spanish coal miners are protesting cuts by the…
July 11, 2012 More pain for SouthGobi shareholders Embattled SouthGobi Resources (TSX:SGQ) shed over 4% on Wednesday bring its losses since April to 40%, after announcing its Mongolian subsidiary SGS has filed a notice of investment dispute with…
July 11, 2012 Botswana’s diamond exports almost double According to preliminary data released by the Bank of Botswana (BoB) on Monday, Botswana's May diamond exports were nearly 20% down from May 2011, a time when a global diamond…
Northern Star climbs to record high as first-half profit surges 49% The gold miner reported underlying net profit after tax of A$759.8 million ($541 million) for the half year ended December 31. February 11, 2026 | 03:33 pm
