May 30, 2012 South Korea’s LG bids for Queensland coal mine South Korean company LG International has bid for Peabody Energy's Wilkie Creek coal mine in Queensland, reports The Australian, citing an unnamed source who spoke to Deal Journal Australia.
May 29, 2012 Romney flips on coal Mitt Romney’s campaign swung through the coal town of Craig, Colorado today so the candidate could slam President Obama for supposedly killing the coal industry, even though Romney pursued his…
May 29, 2012 Cline Mining Corporation files suit against the Province of British Columbia for expropriation of coal properties Cline Mining Corporation ("Cline Mining" or the "Company") (TSX:CMK.TO - News) has filed a notice of civil claim (the "Claim") dated May 28, 2012 in the Supreme Court of British…
May 29, 2012 Feds order rail workers back to work by Thursday The Canadian government did what it said it would do Monday, ordering close to 5,000 striking CP Rail employees back to their jobs.
May 29, 2012 $6.4 billion Alpha Coal Project given go-ahead The Newman Government has given the green light to what will be one of Australia’s biggest mines, the $6.4 billion Alpha Coal Project in Queensland’s Galilee Basin.
May 28, 2012 Chinese coal, iron ore defaults prompt mystery Over the last two weeks, Chinese consumers of thermal coal and iron ore have been defaulting on their contracts, sending prices sharply down.
May 28, 2012 Brazil’s Vale to sell all of its Colombian coal assets for over $400 million Mining giant Vale said on Monday it will sell its coal assets in Colombia to CPC, a unit of Colombian Natural Resources, for $407 million.
May 28, 2012 Pro-coal group allegedly paid fake activists to wear its shirts at EPA hearings The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held 12 hours of stacked hearings in Chicago on Thursday, allowing the public to express their opinions (mostly adulation according to The Huffington Post)…
May 28, 2012 Australian mining community outraged by government’s decision to grant first ever right to hire foreign workers Australia’s decision to grant first ever right to hire foreign workers at the Roy Hill project in the Pilbara on Friday has sparked heated critics by local unions and the…
May 27, 2012 Big miners playing game of chicken as marginal producers sink below break-even Smaller miners are waiting for production cutbacks by the market leaders to prop up prices the way Saudi-Arabia comes to the rescue of oil producing nations whenever the crude price…
Glencore says key issues remain in Horne smelter talks Glencore has repeatedly come under fire in the province of Quebec due to the pollution that Horne causes in Rouyn-Noranda. January 30, 2026 | 01:25 pm
