Glencore earmarks $1.5 billion for probes amid record profitThe world’s biggest commodity trader expects long-running corruption investigations in the US and the UK to be resolved this year.Cecilia Jamasmie | February 15, 2022 | 3:51 am
Activist investor Bluebell presses Glencore to spin off coal assetsThe London-based hedge fund has charted out a new structure…MINING.COM Editor | February 14, 2022 | 3:58 am
China’s price for capping commodities will be higher emissionsChina’s success in capping the surge in commodities prices looks…Bloomberg News | February 11, 2022 | 10:11 am
China’s industrial profits suffer first drop in 3 years, piles pressure on economy The gloomy data points to a further loss of economic momentum as a trade dispute with the US piles pressure on China's vast manufacturing sector. Reuters | December 27, 2018 | 9:29 am
Trump’s EPA to maintain Obama-era coal plant curbs, with a twist Electric utilities have already spent billions of dollars to meet the requirements. Bloomberg News | December 26, 2018 | 3:00 pm
Mining M&A jumps to five-year high 1,349 announced mining deals valued at $86B through December 18, up 60% from 2017. Frik Els | December 24, 2018 | 10:33 am
Indian billionaire’s Australian mine plans face further delay Adani can start work on building the rail line to connect Carmichael to Queensland’s freight network, but cannot start building the mine just yet. Bloomberg News | December 21, 2018 | 2:33 pm
South Africa’s Transnet hopes to re-open one closed coal export line on Saturday South Africa's Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) exported a record 76.47 million tonnes of coal in 2017, and aims to export 77 million tonnes this year. Reuters | December 21, 2018 | 9:49 am
Worst Czech coal mine blast in decades kills 12 Poles, one Czech The accident is the worst mining disaster in the Czech Republic since 1990, when 30 miners died in a fire at a mine near Karvina in the same region. Reuters | December 21, 2018 | 3:00 am
UEX releases maiden resource for Christie Lake JV The inferred resource is 588,000 tonnes grading 1.57% uranium oxide for 20.35 million lb. of U3O8. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 19, 2018 | 2:31 pm
Scotgold ready to break rock at Scotland’s first commercial gold mine Cononish underground gold-silver mine is expected to produce 23,500 ounces of the precious yellow metal annually for up to 17 years. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 19, 2018 | 8:54 am
Incidents of black lung vastly under-reported in US Appalachia — NPR The investigation tracked the plights of former coal miners suffering from the disease. Amanda Stutt | December 18, 2018 | 3:04 pm