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.
March 10, 2012 Crandall Canyon mine operator pleads guilty to misdemeanors over 2007 fatalities Genwal Resources Inc., a Murray Energy Corp. subsidiary, has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors to settle a federal investigation into the August 2007 fatalities at its Crandall Canyon coal mine…
March 10, 2012 India to buy more Mozambique coal In future Indian industrial giant Tata Steel will derive 10% of its coking coal requirements from Australian-based Rio Tinto's Benga coal mine in Mozambique.
March 9, 2012 Poland blocks EU efforts on carbon limits Coal-reliant Poland on Friday vetoed European Union efforts to move further towards a low carbon economy, pitting itself against the rest of the 27-member bloc.
Column: Can Africa win as the West and China scramble for minerals? What is different this time compared to the colonial conquest of Africa two centuries ago is that African countries have far more choice. February 12, 2026 | 09:36 am
