August 22, 2011 Xstrata’s huge thermal coal project being challenged in Australian court over impacts to Great Barrier Reef Lawyers for Swiss mining giant Xstrata are in court today defending a massive coal project slated for Queensland. The AU$6 billion Wandoan coal mine has come under fire by environmentalists…
August 22, 2011 Coal India Ltd unions place wage demands raging from 100 pct to 500 pct hike Four of the five trade unions of mining major have placed their wage demand with the management.
August 22, 2011 EastCoal plans to start up wash plant at Ukrainian mine by 2012 EastCoal, a Canadian company focused on coal production in Ukraine, plans to start up operation of a wash plant for its Verticalnaya mine in Ukraine before year-end, the company said…
August 22, 2011 China introduces new mine safety standards China's top workplace safety regulator, State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS), has introduced new national standards for safety technology used in coalmines.
August 22, 2011 Canada proposes crackdown on coal-fired power Proposed standards would in effect ban coal-fired power stations without carbon capture capabilities The Canadian government has proposed long-awaited rules that could result in the phasing out of coal-fired power…
August 22, 2011 UK Coal evicts protesters UK Coal has successfully evicted a group of protesters from a proposed opencast site in Shropshire. The Doncaster-based company successfully secured an eviction notice against the campaigners, who have been…
August 21, 2011 Battle royal for Macarthur Coal shaping up The battle for Macarthur Coal is poised to intensify after news that Anglo American is considering a challenge to Peabody and ArcelorMittal's $4.7 billion hostile bid. Anglos, the world's fifth…
August 21, 2011 Yanzhou Coal’s 91% jump in profit beats estimates Yanzhou Coal Mining Co, China's fourth-biggest producer, beat analysts' estimates with a 91 per cent gain in first-half profit after demand from the world's fastest-growing major economy boosted prices.
August 21, 2011 Competition authority clears Coal India of anti-competitive charges India's competition watchdog CCI has cleared state-run Coal India Ltd of charges of anti-competitive practices while placing orders for supply of mining explosives.
August 21, 2011 In northeast India, children are lured into coal mining The young miners descend on rickety ladders made of branches into the makeshift coal mines dotting Jaintia Hills in northeast India, scrambling sideways into “rat hole” shafts so small that…
CHART: Friday massacre for mining stocks but copper price pulls out of nosedive Historic down day for gold and silver prices caused double digit losses for precious metals stocks but copper miners came off relatively lightly. January 30, 2026 | 06:21 pm
