Europe’s energy crisis to hit miners’ long-term power deals, Boliden says

India, the world's second-largest coal importer, has defied its prior history of being a price-sensitive buyer and boosted its imports this year.

An agreement has been reached on separating laws for the country’s oil industry and dropping a bill to govern the two sectors.

Chinese coking coal futures rose their most in a month on Thursday, buoyed by firm physical prices.

Decade-low prices have had a negative effect on the profitability of existing mines and on the capacity of early-stage projects to raise necessary funding to be mine-ready when demand picks up.

Some in the industry see this move as a prelude to a potentially broader deal with bigger miner Anglo American.

The year-to-date gain is 16.6 per cent, and the metal used to power nuclear reactors is on track to record a second annual increase.

The company's own workforce is in charge of re-profiling the terrain using seven massive bulldozers.

"I've come for your helium."

RTB Bor copper mining and smelting complex was crucial for the country before the collapse of communist Yugoslavia. However, it later became a burden on the country’s struggling economy because of malpractices and international sanctions.