November 19, 2011

Workers at Newmont Indonesia on strike-official

Newmont Mining Corp's Indonesian unit said output was unaffected at its copper and gold mine even though 400 workers had gone on strike in a dispute over working shifts. "It…

November 19, 2011

Taiwan’s China Steel in talks to defer ore, coal shipments

19-NOV-2011 Intellasia | Business Week Free newsletter - click here China Steel Corp., Taiwan's largest producer, is in talks with BHP Billiton Ltd, Rio Tinto Group and Vale SA to…

November 19, 2011

Indonesia underground thermal coal mine to start production April 2012

Kusuma Raya Utama, an Indonesian-Chinese joint venture, is planning to begin production at its second underground thermal coal mine, located in Bengkulu on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, in April…

November 19, 2011

Austin TX mayor moves to get city off coal, onto renewables

Austin - Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell announced this week his bid for re-election, with a new campaign promise to move the city away from its energy dependence on coal toward…

November 18, 2011

Teck Recommends That Shareholders Reject "Mini-Tender Offer" by TRC Capital

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 18, 2011) - Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TCK.A and TCK.B, NYSE: TCK) ("Teck") has been notified of an unsolicited "mini-tender" offer by TRC Capital Corporation…

November 18, 2011

Plan for coal mine expansion near Bryce Canyon drives 21,000-name petition

A major expansion to an existing coal mining operation near historic Bryce Canyon National Park is getting a frosty reception in tourism-friendly Utah, reports Steel Guru. Alton Coal Development LLC…

November 18, 2011

Coal mine cave-in traps 12 miners in north China

Twelve miners were trapped in a coal mine that caved in in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, local authorities said Friday.

November 18, 2011

Mechel resumes mining at New-Olzherassk underground top coal caving mine

Mechel OAO, one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announced that coal mining at New-Olzherassk Underground mine has been resumed following spontaneous combustion problems. By the year's end,…

November 17, 2011

Cardero Announces Letter of Intent to Acquire the Trefi Metallurgical Coal Property Located in the Peace River Coalfield of Northeast British Columbia

Cardero Resource Corp. ("Cardero" or the "Company") (TSX:CDU)(NYSE Amex:CDY)(FRANKFURT:CR5) announces that it has entered into a Letter of Intent ("LOI") with Anglo Pacific Group PLC ("Anglo Pacific") to acquire 100%…

November 17, 2011

IEA bets the planet on clean coal

The International Energy agency says in its World Energy Outlook 2011 released last week, widespread deployment of more efficient coal-fired power plants and carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology could…