May 16, 2012 Falling off the supercycle: BHP puts the brakes on capex, stock hits 3-year low “Where the industry previously lacked investment opportunities and choice, it now has more projects than cash flows. All of us in the industry are having to make choices.”
May 16, 2012 Latin American mining investment boom continues unabated Over the past decade, mining investment in Latin America has more than doubled, even after experiencing a sharp drop in 2009. According to a report by the Metals Economic Group,…
May 16, 2012 How to lose $1 billion in a day. Ask Eike Brazil's Eike Fuhrken Batista is the world of mining's richest man and he's been on a roll this year – until Tuesday when $1,023,200,000 disappeared from his personal fortune.
May 15, 2012 Xstrata Coal, JX Nippon plan $35 million study of B.C. coal project A partnership formed by JX Nippon Oil & Energy and Xstrata Coal will invest $35 million on a preliminary study of the Suska coal project in eastern British Columbia.
May 15, 2012 Chinese ‘Pompeii’ threatened by coal mine A forest of fossils that is being compared to a "vegetational Pompeii" is under threat from coal mining, says a story in China Daily.
May 15, 2012 Fifth largest coal deposit in the world found in Colombia Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista just got richer. CCX, a division of the billionaire’s EBX Group energy arm MPX, announced it has completed a study of coal reserves in the San…
May 14, 2012 US appeals court ruling upholding permit for large surface coal mine The US government said it will appeal a federal district court's March ruling that found Arch Coal's Spruce No. 1 surface mine permit in Logan County, West Virginia, was valid.
May 14, 2012 CIL, Limpopo government ink pact to develop coal mines in South Africa The government today said Coal India (CIL) has signed a pact with government of Limpopo, South Africa for jointly identifying, exploring and developing coal mines.
May 14, 2012 India plagued by problems acquiring foreign mines India is not China when it comes to successful acquisitions of foreign mining companies, reports the Wall Street Journal.
May 14, 2012 Coal industry jeopardizing humpback whales in Australia Humpback whales may be the main victims of Australia's thriving coal industry, according to a study published on the May issue of the Marine Ecology Progress Series journal.
US urges partners and allies to increase critical minerals supply chain resiliency Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hosted his counterparts in Washington to discuss solutions to secure and diversify supply chains for critical minerals. January 12, 2026 | 03:08 pm
