January 31, 2012 Westmoreland completes acquisition of Kemmerer Mine Westmoreland Coal Company (NasdaqGM:WLB) today announced the completion of the acquisition of Chevron Mining Inc.’s Kemmerer coal mine in Lincoln County, Wyoming. Total consideration for the purchase of the Kemmerer…
January 31, 2012 Vale, Aquila approve Eagle Downs coking coal project AQUILA Resources has formally approved the Eagle Downs coal project it has been fighting over in court with joint venture partner Vale.
January 30, 2012 Australia dumps trucks: Nov-Dec mining machinery imports dropped 62%, suggesting no-one’s immune Australia's mining machinery imports fell 62% in November and December, the biggest fall since the global financial crisis, according to one of the country's largest freight forwarders of heavy equipment.
January 30, 2012 Flood traps dozens in China mine A flood left dozens of workers trapped in a coal mine in northern China's Inner Mongolia region, the mine's owner said. The number of people trapped in the mine, which…
January 30, 2012 Siemens enters Africa with first wind orders The company will supply a total of 44 wind turbines for two wind power plants in Morocco to the customer Nareva Holding.
January 30, 2012 Vale makes promises to resettled Mozambicans Brazilian mining giant Vale has promised to solve within six months all the problems faced by households resettled from the area where Vale is now mining coal in Moatize district,…
January 30, 2012 Industrea renews its major mining services contracts, with Baralaba Coal the latest Completing the suite of renewals of its major mining services contracts, Industrea has signed a continuation of the whole of mine contract with Cockatoo Coal subsidiary Baralaba Coal for its…
January 29, 2012 BC coal mine expansion approved The BC government has allowed an expansion to the Quinsam Coal Mine on Vancouver Island.
January 29, 2012 Coal piece from Titanic auctioned A tiny piece of coal salvaged from the Titanic has sold at an auction for 50 pounds.
January 29, 2012 6 More Coal Plants To Close FirstEnergy says it will retire six older coal-fired power plants in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland by Sept. 1 because of tighter federal rules on emissions.
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