March 13, 2012 Big G family feud is bringing the taxman, regulator and lawmakers down on Hancock Prospecting While the sordid details emerging from the proceedings are humiliating enough there may be some serious financial implications for Gina Rinehart – mining's 4th richest person with a fortune pegged…
March 13, 2012 Miner dies at Alpha mine in West Virginia A coal miner was fatally injured in an Alpha Natural Resources Inc mine in West Virginia over the weekend, the company said on Monday.
March 13, 2012 China gives miners another scare as $58 billion monthly swing hands it largest trade deficit in 12 years MarketWatch quotes Nomura economist Zhiwei Zhang as saying: "Overall, economic conditions are getting weaker at a fast pace. The slowdown is happening faster than the government expected."
March 12, 2012 US coal production to fall 10pc this year, study says US coal production is set to decline 10pc year over year in 2012, or by 2mn short tons (83mn metric tonnes), as miners try to bring supply in line with…
March 12, 2012 Anti-coal mining activists received Australia’s taxpayer funds Several groups named in a secret Greenpeace-led coalition to destroy the coal industry have received almost $750,000 in federal funding.
March 12, 2012 Crandall Canyon victims’ families call plea bargain deal ‘a slap in the face’ "I can't believe what the [U.S. Attorney] did. We are emotional and at a loss for words. I wish they had not done anything. It would have been better than…
March 11, 2012 Indonesia’s Rule No. 24 likely to embolden other nations to grab more from mining Indonesia surprised the global mining community last week after a new rule – Government Regulation No. 24 of 2012 – was quietly announced on the mining ministry's website. A growing…
March 11, 2012 BRIIC is a better BRIC For a variety of reasons, Indonesia has earned the right to be considered as a premiere destination for emerging market investment.
March 11, 2012 Seaborne coal market could double by 2025 – Batista Eike Batista founder of Brazilian energy and commodities conglomerate EBX and head of MPX Energia SA said that the world seaborne coal market could grow to 1.12 billion tonne by…
March 10, 2012 9 miners die in flood, mine collapse in Colombia Colombian authorities say they have recovered the bodies of all nine victims of a coal mine collapse.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
