May 12, 2011 Cloud Peak’s new $297.7m tract adds 12 years of coal production U.S. number three coal producer and supplier of some 4% of the country’s electricity announced a successful $297.7m bid for an additional tract at its Antelope mine in Wyoming. The…
May 12, 2011 Kaltim Prima Coal in Indonesia receives an additional 50 Hitachi trucks with Siemens AC drives Siemens Industry last week received its biggest mobile mining order from Hitachi Construction Truck Machinery (HCTM) to provide 50 additional EH4500 trucks equipped […]
May 12, 2011 Pilot Crushtec RubbleBuster working well in coal This RubbleBuster SR500, combining well in a coal crushing application crushing the oversize coal and recirculating the crushed material back to a […]
May 12, 2011 German mining technology aims to make Colombian mines safer German technology and German know-how are to help the Colombian coalmining sector, underground mining in particular, to become safer and increase its production. A strategic co-operation is planned that is…
May 11, 2011 SouthGobi fuel supplier claims force majeur Mongolia’s SouthGobi Resources said that its fuel supplier claimed a force majeur after Russia cut supplies to the country to a mere 10,000 tonnes. The company said its flagship coal…
May 10, 2011 Commodity slide likely due to economic concerns Commodity prices took a beating today. This Bloomberg headline sums it up well: Commodities Sink Most Since 2008 as Stocks Fall. But […]
May 10, 2011 The Contango Report: silver contango balloons, sugar backwardation disappears Has oil moved into backwardation yet? What does corn’s roll yield look like? How do you know when it’s time to buy—or […]
May 10, 2011 Coal use in China shines a light on growth International coal prices hit $124 per ton last week, the highest level in five months, as strong demand from reconstruction projects in Japan and reduced supply from flood-ravaged Australia have…
May 10, 2011 Why commodities crashed If you want to see market reporting done right, I can recommend the 2,000-word Reuters special report on Thursday’s commodities crash. It doesn’t just pick a random news event or gesture…
May 9, 2011 Taipei Times: Vale opens new coal mine in Mozambique Taipei Times reports: Brazilian mining giant Vale opened a new US$1.7 billion coal mine in Mozambique yesterday, tapping the southern African country’s thermal and coking coal reserves of about 23…
Copper price: Strains deepen as global smelting activity hits decade low Copper prices are under renewed pressure after satellite data showed 1.2 million tonnes of January smelter capacity outside China went idle. February 12, 2026 | 11:01 am
