May 2, 2012 Report: Mongolia going the way of Zimbabwe with mandatory state control of foreign miners Draft legislation, a copy of which was seen by the Financial Times on Wednesday, gave "the clearest sign yet that Mongolia is uncomfortable with the large foreign investments that have…
May 2, 2012 Indian mining dept cracks whip on nine MCL mines In an unprecedented move, the state mining department has cracked the whip on nine out of 11 coal mines operating at the Talcher Coalfields under the command area of Mahanadi…
May 2, 2012 Colombia to spend nearly $1.3 billion in coal-related ports expansions Colombia’s leading coal producers are increasing investments dramatically to improve and expand their ports, in what is considered a key move for rising coal production in the country to 120…
May 1, 2012 Arch Coal’s Q1 plummets from $55.6 million a year ago to just $1.2 million Blaming severe weakness in U.S. thermal coal markets, Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE: ACI) today reported first quarter 2012 net income of $1.2 million, or $0.01 per diluted share, compared with…
May 1, 2012 Xstrata copper production down, but Q1 financial performance solid Anglo-Swiss Xstrata Plc. (LON:XTA) reported today mixed production results for its first quarter, with copper production declining 18%, but said operating and financial performance remains strong.
April 30, 2012 Sierra Club continues Kemper coal-plant legal battle Sierra Club officials in Mississippi are continuing a legal fight to stop construction of a $2.88 billion coal-gasification power plant by a Southern Co utility in Kemper County, Mississippi.
April 30, 2012 Greenpeace puns iCoal, but the group may have its numbers wrong Greenpeace recently published a new ad on YouTube that takes a swipe at Apple's reliance on coal to power its cloud computing services, however the environmental organization may have goofed…
April 30, 2012 The solar sector in India will boom because the government is incompetent: GigaOMtech GigaOMtech predicts that the solar sector will do very well in India because the government is heavily involved in the coal and the oil and gas sector.
April 30, 2012 Mongolia’s mine law change unlikely to be retroactive – minister Vice finance minister, Chuluun Ganhuyag, says the proposed new law will only apply to investment in certain deposits, but the list will go beyond the country's current list of strategic…
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
