Penguins put $2.5 billion mining project in Chile on ice
A waddle of penguins has stopped a $2.5bn (£1.9bn) mining project in Chile.
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Beijing plans to cut coal use by 30 per cent to fight air pollution
Beijing will intensify its battle against choking air pollution this year and aims to cut coal use by 30 percent, state news agency Xinhua cited the mayor, Cai Qi, as saying.
Widespread illegal mining in Colombia is ‘linked to malaria outbreak’
The Colombian National Health Institute recorded 18,524 malaria cases in 2015.
Keep the change, say Germans alarmed by European plan to scrap copper coins
The European Union is mulling over phasing out one and two cent coins after it emerged that they cost more than their face value to mint.
Congo probe into mining companies’ disappearing tax payments
The Democratic Republic of the Congo's new prime minister has ordered an investigation into the nation's mining industry after a damning report by an international watchdog found tens of millions of dollars a year in tax revenues were being lost in the system.
UK greens warn of a return to era of ‘dirty coal’
Coal-fired power stations trialling 'carbon capture' technology could be exempt from regulations.
JPMorgan’s British commodities chief notches up $2.8bn
Blythe Masters, the British woman who runs JPMorgan's commodities division, has steered the department to record turnover exceeding $2.8bn (£1.8bn) in 2011, more than long-time industry leaders Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.
UK Coal digs its way to profit
The group hit its production target despite virtually no output from its Daw Mill colliery in Warwickshire during December.
Mark Leftly: Rio Tinto grabs a slice of Canada’s uranium riches
The battle won, now it's time to prepare for the war.
The coal mine giant that’s hot to handle
Indonesia's Bakrie brothers ended weeks of uncertainty yesterday, agreeing a last-minute deal to sell nearly a quarter of Bumi, the FTSE 100 listed, Indonesia-based coal giant, to pay off their debt mountain.
Yorkshire mine death man named
_ A miner who died when a roof collapsed in a pit was named by the mine owner today. Gerry Gibson, 49, died at Kellingley Colliery, North Yorkshire, yesterday when he was trapped with a colleague, who was rescued. UK Coal, which owns the pit, said Mr
Hacker group targets RBS over oil deals
Royal Bank of Scotland, the taxpayer-owned banking giant, has been threatened with cyber-attacks by the hacker collective Anonymous, for lending financial support to oil projects in Canada.
