Free Article Limit Reached

Copper $ 5.4915 / lb 1.18%

Brent Crude Oil $ 60.5 / bbl 1.22%

Palladium $ 1790.75 / ozt 0.72%

Crude Oil $ 56.56 / bbl 1.18%

Natural Gas $ 4.015 / Btu 1.85%

Silver Futures $ 67.43 / ozt 3.08%

Aluminum Futures $ 2972.5 / ton 1.79%

Micro Gold Futures $ 4374.1 / ozt 0.22%

Micro Silver Futures $ 67.42 / ozt 3.06%

Platinum $ 2019.35 / ozt 3.39%

Gold Futures $ 4374 / ozt 0.24%

Go to MDC Markets

When these stomach-churning capital outlays start to produce returns, they do so in spades and over generations.

MINING.COM Editor | December 18, 2025 | 2:04 pm

He helped build BHP Billiton Ltd. before his departure as chief executive officer in 2003.

Bloomberg News | December 18, 2025 | 4:07 am

Coal keeps defying forecasts, with US output rebounding even as clean energy expands and long-term demand finally nears a peak.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 17, 2025 | 5:05 am

Coal has been closely tied to the Communist Party’s history and to its efforts to transform China’s economy over the past decades.

Bloomberg News | December 15, 2025 | 9:07 am

From Cherry Point to China: 'Bizarre' mission creep of Washington state coal terminal review