Alberta halts coal exploration in Rocky Mountains

The miner's autonomous haulage system (AHS) fleet has already moved over one billion tonnes of ore and waste material within the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Large scale speculators in West Texas Intermediate and Brent crude oil futures have built up bullish positions equivalent to a staggering 1 billion barrels.

The appeal against the terminal at Fraser Surrey Docks was made by two community groups backed by Ecojustice last week.

Cerrejon accounts for 37% of the country's coal output, the world's fifth-largest exporter of the mineral, and a strike is likely to affect exports.

Last year, the miner sold other coal assets that exclusively supplied South Africa’s power utility Eskom, including New Vaal, New Denmark and Kriel collieries.

Project is on track to reach 90% of capacity — or 194,000 barrels per day — by the end of the year.

"We have not seen this kind of growth since before the global financial crisis."

A 10-day voting period for union members to decide whether to stop work after failed talks ends on Monday afternoon.

This comes a week after the miner reported a "significant pressure" event at the mine.