March 21, 2012 Aussie tax may have silver lining in higher coal, iron ore prices The 30% tax on iron ore and coal producers passed by the Australian government may raise the prices of those commodities but will also shrink margins of steelmakers, analysts say.
March 21, 2012 Appalachian coal fights for survival Coal mining in Appalachia has survived deadly explosions, the Great Depression and the country’s largest armed insurrection since the Civil War. The latest threat is booming shale-gas production.
March 21, 2012 Australia’s mining boom to generate $225 billion in exports by 2017 Australia's resources and energy commodity export earnings will continue to grow over the medium term to reach a record $225 billion in 2016-17, said today the Bureau of Resources and…
March 21, 2012 No Sri Lanka coal power plants after 2030 There will not be any opportunity in the world to run coal power plants after the year 2030, the Minister of Power and Energy, Patali Cahampika Ranawaka said.
March 20, 2012 2 W.Va. coal operators sued over water pollution Environmentalists are suing two more coal companies over pollution from mining operations in West Virginia's Boone and Nicholas counties.
March 20, 2012 Anglo looking for new coal assets Anglo American is looking for thermal coal assets in Australia and Indonesia, especially as prices of potential targets have come down, the head of its thermal coal unit said in…
March 20, 2012 CIA trying to kill Australian coal industry, says Palmer The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has been accused of involvement in coups and insurrections throughout history, but now an Australian mining tycoon is accusing the CIA of trying to sabotage…
March 20, 2012 Heavy rainfall disrupts coking coal mining in Australia’s Queensland Heavy rainfall in the last 48 hours has caused significant disruption at several coking coal mines in the Moranbah region of the Bowen Basin, in Australia's Queensland, market sources said…
March 20, 2012 Billions hacked off mining majors after BHP’s China comments "The big infrastructure build clearly will come to some end," Ian Ashby, BHP's chief of iron ore said on Tuesday.
March 20, 2012 Coal miners hospitalized after gas exposure in Australian coal mine Fourteen coal miners were hospitalised after being exposed to coal gas leaks at the Collinsville coal mine in Northern Queensland in early March.
US urges partners and allies to increase critical minerals supply chain resiliency Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hosted his counterparts in Washington to discuss solutions to secure and diversify supply chains for critical minerals. January 12, 2026 | 03:08 pm
