April 1, 2012

Film about child miners in Ukraine banned at home

Kyiv Post reports an award-winning film scheduled to appear last month at an international documentary festival has been banned.

April 1, 2012

Coal blockade stops Newcastle harbour

Hundreds of people took to Australia's Port of Newcastle in kayaks and canoes on Sunday when protest group Rising Tide held its seventh annual blockade of the harbour.

April 1, 2012

Once-idled Japanese coal mines back in business

Japan has found a silver lining in the cloud of nuclear plant shutdowns following last year's Fukushima disaster.

April 1, 2012

Mountaintop mining project moving forward after judge reinstates mine permit

West Virginia's largest-ever mountaintop mining project is moving forward again, after a federal judge ruled the EPA overstepped its authority in rejecting a critical permit.

April 1, 2012

In about turn Mississippi allows building of $2.8 billion coal plant

Mississippi utility regulators on Friday voted to allow a unit of Southern Co to continue building an $2.8 billion coal-gasification power plant in the state despite a court ruling that…

April 1, 2012

Miner in a hole as project binned

A small-time Queensland resources company whose plans to mine the fertile farming soils of the state's Darling Downs region were rejected by the incoming state government is at risk of…

April 1, 2012

High costs plague Zimbabwe coal miners

Zimbabwe is estimated to hold between 10 billion and 20 billion tonnes of coal resources.

April 1, 2012

3 Chinese nationals die in coal mine fire in Malaysia

Three men, all Chinese nationals, died of suspected smoke inhalation after a fire broke out inside the Lucky Hill coal mine in Abok, near Pantu, about 80 km from Sri…

April 1, 2012

Prophecy Coal to raise USD 800 million for Mongolia power plant

Reuters reported that Canadian energy firm Prophecy Coal Corporation expects to raise USD 800 million in debt and equity financing by September 2012 to build a coal fired 600 MW…

April 1, 2012

Indonesia puts on hold talks to impose an export tax for coal

Reuters reported that Indonesia, a major global producer of raw materials, has put on hold talks to impose an export tax for coal and base metals, but still expects to…