April 24, 2012 Company taking another run at Kentucky coal mine Associated Press reports that Western Kentucky Minerals is making a second attempt at getting a 700-acre surface mining operation near Owensboro approved.
April 24, 2012 Record revenues for Teck despite lower metals prices Teck Resources fought against lower metals prices to post record revenues for the first quarter.
April 23, 2012 Patriot Coal shutters another mine Patriot Coal has closed another mine, bringing to four the number of its coal operations shut this year due to continuing weakness in market demand. The St. Louis-based company is…
April 23, 2012 South Korean group exits $324 million deal with Cockatoo Coal A South Korean conglomerate has cited global economic uncertain as a key reason for pulling out of a US$324 million deal with Australia-based Cockatoo Coal.
April 23, 2012 Cape Breton coal project gaining traction A past-producing colliery in one of North America's oldest coal mining belts is on its way to resuming production, says a story today in Halifax Media Co-op.
April 23, 2012 Coal mine accident kills 9 in north China Nine miners were killed and 16 others injured in a coal mine accident in north China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region as the rescue wrapped up late Monday, officials said.
April 22, 2012 Feds pressured by coal industry to weaken regulations, records reveal OTTAWA – Environment Canada weakened a draft version of regulations to crack down on pollution from coal-fired power plants following pressure from […]
April 21, 2012 Anti-coal protesters in China attack officials with sickles and clubs The Associated Press reports that villagers in China protesting against mining turned violent and in the ensuing melee one police officer died. […]
April 20, 2012 Xstrata threatens Australian marketing company with defamation over spoof of anti mining taxes campaign Mumbrella may face defamation charges from Xstrata Coal after it published a parody video of the anti mining taxes campaign, re-launched last week by The Minerals Council of Australia.
April 20, 2012 ENRC swallows Kazakhstan coal producer for $600 million Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) has paid US$600 million for the remaining 75% of Kazakhstan coal producer Shubarkol Komir.
CHART: Friday massacre for mining stocks but copper price pulls out of nosedive Historic down day for gold and silver prices caused double digit losses for precious metals stocks but copper miners came off relatively lightly. January 30, 2026 | 06:21 pm
