April 1, 2011 Carbon price will not hit Australia’s coal mines – government The vast majority of Australia's coal mines will not face materially higher costs under a polluter-pays scheme designed to reduce carbon emissions, according to Treasury Department documents released by the…
March 31, 2011 SouthGobi Resources announces updated NI 43-101 compliant coal resources and reserves for Its Ovoot Tolgoi Complex in Mongolia SouthGobi Resources Ltd. (TSX:SGQ)(HK:1878) announced today that new, independent estimates prepared by Minarco-MineConsult ("MMC"), have updated coal resources and proven and probable mineral reserves contained at the company's Ovoot Tolgoi…
March 31, 2011 Grande Cache Coal Corporation announces new handling agreement with Westshore Terminals Limited Partnership Grande Cache Coal Corporation (TSX:GCE) ("Grande Cache Coal") has reached an agreement with Westshore Terminals Limited Partnership to exclusively handle Grande Cache Coal's annual coal tonnages that it ships through…
March 29, 2011 Rio Tinto cuts 50% condition to try secure Riversdale bid Global miner Rio Tinto lowered the acceptance condition on its A$3.9 billion ($4 billion) offer for Riversdale Mining on Tuesday after entering into talks with Brazil's CSN , a major…
March 29, 2011 General Director of MMC Norilsk Nickel meets South African President Vladimir Strzhalkovsky, the General Director and Chairman of the Management Board of MMC Norilsk Nickel (the Company) met with the President of the Republic of South Africa Jakob Zuma in…
March 25, 2011 Expect billion-dollar expansion in Australian iron ore, coal: BHP Diversified mining behemoth BHP Billiton is expected to pour billions of dollars into Australia in an effort to expand its iron ore and coal facilities, says a report from AFP:…
March 24, 2011 The Guardian excoriates Obama’s decision to expand coal mining The Guardian’s Glenn Hurowitz denounced the Obama administration’s plan to open up new land to coal mining. Secretary of the Interior Ken […]
March 24, 2011 U.S. gov’t opens up more land for coal mining The Obama Administration is making more land available for coal mining in Wyoming, says a report from CNN: Coal mining on public lands will expand in the coming months in…
March 23, 2011 Teck lowers estimated coal output by one million tonnes due to weather, labour dispute Teck Resources announced today that it expects lowers coal output this year due to bad weather conditions along its rail lines and […]
March 21, 2011 Union rejects deal; strike continues at Elkview coal mine in BC Over half of the employees at Teck's Elkview mine in British Columbia have voted to reject a five-year collective agreement. Accepting the agreement would have ended the strike, which is…
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
