May 20, 2012

Tata Steel forecasts improved demand amid European woes

India's Tata Steel forecast improving global demand in spite of European woes, as the world's No.7 steelmaker reported a bigger-than-expected drop in quarterly profit after being squeezed by weak prices,…

May 20, 2012

Indian coal supply gap may widen after state-owned CIL exits foreign acquisition vehicle

India could have trouble closing a shortfall in the supply of coal, after the world's largest coal company pulled out of a consortium to help India buy overseas coal reserves,…

May 20, 2012

Peabody Energy bids for ultra low sulfur coal reserves in Southern Powder River Basin

Peabody Energy announced the lease of 402 million tons of ultra low sulfur coal reserves adjacent to its North Antelope Rochelle Mine in the Southern Powder River Basin of Wyoming

May 20, 2012

Coal miner killed during fall at Boone County surface mine

According to the US Mine Safety and Health Administration, a Boone County coal miner died on the job Thursday, the eighth coal miner to die in the US this year…

May 20, 2012

BHP’s Australia coal miners returning to picket line

Workers at Australia's Bowen Basin coal mines, owned jointly by BHP Billiton and Mitsubishi, have once again given strike notice.

May 19, 2012

Adani Australia head quits amid $11 bln coal project delay

The Australian head of Adani Enterprises quit this week amid delays in getting approval for the Indian company's A$10.9 billion ($10.9 billion) coal and rail projects in Queensland.

May 19, 2012

Miner in China rescued after 17 days underground

A miner in northeast China was rescued Saturday after being buried underground for 17 days, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

May 19, 2012

Queensland scraps coal terminal expansion: report

May 19, 2012

Junior resource investment in a financial meltdown – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Rick Rule's presentation at the New York Hard Assets Conference earlier this week sees some light for the informed junior resource investor despite current patterns which have mostly been Bad…

May 18, 2012

Continental Coal to acquire half of Colombian coal mine

South African thermal coal producer Continental Coal is seeking to augment its coal assets with a property in Colombia. The ASX and […]