May 4, 2012

Why every miner wants to be Colombia’s new best friend

Once tinted by drug cartels and civil war, Colombia is now one of Latin America’s fastest growing markets and, according to the World Bank, the most secure country in the…

May 3, 2012

Indonesia jumps on the mining exports tax wagon

Indonesia has decided to have its mining cake and eat it too, as the country, one of the world’s largest exporters of copper and coal, will start imposing a 20%…

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

Fascinating video: growth of shipping around the globe over the past 250 years

Cool.

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…