April 11, 2012

BHP Billiton to permanently close Norwich Park coal mine

BMA have today announced it will cease production at the Norwich Park coal mine.

April 10, 2012

China’s upcoming leadership change

It's not just the United States that will have a potentially major leadership shake up this fall.

April 10, 2012

New report shows resource investors cannot pick a worse spot to put their money than Toronto

Overall, only the stock indices of Spain and Portugal's top companies fared worse than Toronto's S&P/TSX-60. But in the group of resource-heavy exporting countries Canada's stock market came in stone…

April 10, 2012

Using time lapse video to show 15,272 temperature records falling across the USA

March 2012 broke all the hot weather records in the USA. It was the warmest month in the eastern two-thirds of the USA since records, going back to 1895, were…

April 9, 2012

Glasenberg – 1, Xstrata shareholders – 0

The $2.6 billion Qatari investment could provide Glencore CEO Ivan Glasenberg the necessary backing he needs to push through the deal which many Xstrata shareholders say sell them short.

April 9, 2012

Caterpillar’s big bet on the US economy

It hasn't been long since Caterpillar Inc looked like the typical resident of the Rust Belt. Having misjudged how deep the U.S. economy would decline, the world's largest maker of…

April 8, 2012

BHPB coal mines to be hit by new stoppages April 12 – Union

Reuters reported that Australian coal mines owned by BHP Billiton and Mitsubishi Corporation will be hit by a second work stoppage on April 12th 2012, with union workers planning to…

April 8, 2012

Joy Global explains underground coal mining

This video by mining equipment manufacturer Job Global, more educational than promotional, gives an excellent overview of longwall, versus room and pillar underground coal mining.

April 7, 2012

Tata Power eyes stake in South Africa’s Sekoko’s Waterberg Coal

Tata Power, India's largest private power producer is in talks with South African energy company Sekoko Resources to acquire a 30-per cent stake in the Waterberg Coal Project in South…

April 5, 2012

Healthy polar bear count confounds doomsayers

The debate about climate change and its impact on polar bears has intensified with the release of a survey that shows the […]