Russell: Eight kids and a nun may have doomed coal’s future

The Russia-China Investment Fund for Regional Development will kickstart the financing for a uranium mining project.

The National Mining Association (NMA) and the American Exploration and Mining Association (AEMA) have filed petitions asking the court to reverse the 2012 ban.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Europe must be ready to respond to the unilateral imposition of trade tariffs by the United States but she first hoped for talks on the issue.

China mines and burns about half the world’s coal, so it can’t totally ditch it.

Company made a strategic decision in 2017 to exit coal and focus on growth in iron ore, copper and its aluminum division.

Company expects to lose about 200,000 tonnes in steelmaking coal output.

Exploration spending increased 20% across the Canadian province in 2017, reaching $246 million, compared with $205 million in 2016.

Swedish court has ruled that local miner Boliden won’t have to pay over $12 million (100 million Swedish crowns) in compensation for health problems allegedly caused by toxic waste it dumped in northern Chile.

Environmental assessments already underway will continue under the current process.