October 9, 2011 Mongolia re-opens bidding for world’s biggest coking coal deposit The Wall Street Journal reports Mongolia is relaunching talks with international miners on developing the western block of Tavan Tolgoi in the South Gobi desert, the world’s largest deposit of…
October 9, 2011 Former Chinese coal boss gets life in jail for graft Reuters reports a former senior executive at China's No. 3 state-owned coal producer has been sentenced to life imprisonment for accepting bribes, state media Xinhua said on Sunday.
October 8, 2011 Rally in the Rim against Australia coal seam gas mining A businesswoman in Scenic Rim, a sparsely populated region that covers 4,250sq km located an hour inland from Australia's Gold Coast, has declared war on coal seam gas mining in…
October 8, 2011 Coal, water shortage reduces power supply to Delhi Coal and water shortage in various power plants reduced the power supply to Delhi by up to 900 MW today. Throughout the day, power supply to Delhi kept on fluctuating…
October 8, 2011 For 50 years now Centralia, Pennsylvania has burned from underground mine fire Centralia, Pennsylvania is a small borough and a complete ghost town. In 1981, one thousand people called it home; in 2007, there were nine. What chased away the population of…
October 8, 2011 Court case resolution means coal miner may reduce its liabilities Poland's top coking coal miner JSW will consider releasing a large part of reserves created in relation to a dispute over local taxes, if the Gliwice court proceedings slated for…
October 8, 2011 Shanduka seeks higher stake in coal South Africa's Shanduka Group said on Friday it wants to increase its stake in a coal venture it operates with global trader Glencore, although it would not confirm what that…
October 7, 2011 No competitive auction for some coal blocks govt The Coal Ministry has indicated that certain coal blocks out of 54 acreages that were tipped to be put up for competitive bidding will be awarded on a nomination basis…
October 7, 2011 Japan-Indonesia consortium to build 2 GW Java coal fired plant Indonesia’s first ultra-supercritical coal-fired power plant is to be built in Java at a cost of about $4bn. Under a 25-year deal signed on 7 October, the 2 GW facility…
October 7, 2011 Big Coal scores win against Obama Admin The US coal industry scored a victory in court Thursday after a federal judge ruled that the Obama administration did not have authority to tighten oversight of permits used by…
Lithium swings from glut to scarcity on Asia demand, Traxys says Lithium is emerging from a period of oversupply after record-high prices spurred supply growth at a time of disappointing demand. January 16, 2026 | 01:05 pm
