Rio Tinto sells its Blair Athol coal mine for less than a bus ticket
The Blair Athol mine, closed in 2012, would be the second Australian coal asset in a year to be sold for just A$1.
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Long term outlook for Canadian oil sands looks bright
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Zinc rockets to one-year high
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Cheap gold mines disappear as buyers splurge for surging bullion
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Sweden sells its German coal mines
The Swedish government has endorsed a plan by a state-owned enterprise to sell its four German coal mines and assets to Czech investors.
The decline of coal in three charts
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BHP said to be after Potash Corp again
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