July 12, 2011 Australian PM hails coal miner takeover bid Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has hailed a takeover bid for a Queensland coal mine as proof her carbon price package won't kill off the sector. US energy giant Peabody…
July 12, 2011 Sex trade flourishes as Mongolia enjoys mining success Pimps man the park across from the historic Ulan Bator Hotel, popular with foreigners. They are keeping an eye on their employees -- about 20 women working in Mongolia's quickly…
July 12, 2011 Coal ministry urges speedy development of blocks The Coal Ministry has warned Binani Cement, the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) and other companies for the delay in developing the lignite and coal blocks allocated to them within…
July 12, 2011 Staff shortages threaten Aussie miners Chronic labour shortages in resource-rich Western Australia could put mining projects at risk, as the state struggles to plug a shortfall of skilled workers set to balloon to 150,000 by…
July 12, 2011 Spectre of new Indian mining bill spooks coal producers and shareholders A new Indian draft mining bill is causing concern among mining groups and their investors in one of the world's leading coal and iron ore producing countries. Accoring to India's…
July 11, 2011 Ministry’s coal supply policy hits merchant power companies The power ministry's preference for coal supply to generation projects that supply to state utilities under an agreement will affect merchant power capacity in the 12th Five-Year-Plan.
July 11, 2011 Carbon tax on coal hits NSW coffers hard The New South Wales government will be hundreds of millions of dollars a year worse off after the federal carbon tax deal denied compensation to the state's mainly government-owned black…
July 11, 2011 The chief executive of state-owned Solid Energy has talked critically of Pike River Coal The chief executive of state-owned Solid Energy has talked critically of Pike River Coal at the Royal Commission of Inquiry this afternoon.
July 11, 2011 Australia to catch up with Europe as carbon tax details emerge Australian businesses are reacting to the details of a new carbon tax which has been lauded by environmentalists as historic but condemned as economic madness by critics. Despite the criticism,…
July 11, 2011 German hard coal imports seen up 2-3 million tonnes in 2011 German imports of hard coal are likely to rise by between 2 and 3 million tonnes over last year's 45 million tonnes, importers said on Monday, citing steel industry demand…
Super Copper’s Cordillera project approved by Chile’s National Mining Authority The concessions cover approximately 6,858 hectares in the Atacama copper belt. December 24, 2025 | 11:24 am