Germany moves forward with $55bn plan to phase out coal power by 2038

A technical meeting that was supposed to iron out some wrinkles for a deal to cut oil production ended in acrimony over the weekend, and OPEC's effort at coordination could be at yet another impasse.

The move comes only a few days after it resumed operations at Collinsville mine in Australia's Queensland state.

China's coal mines continue to be among the deadliest in the world.

Kumba is pleased to announce the appointments of Ms Nonkululeko Dlamini (nee Veleti) and Mr Seamus French as non-executive directors to the Board, with effect from 1 November 2016.

This is probably the headline most people who have lost their jobs in the last two years were dying to read.

Sale includes PCLI's production and manufacturing centre in Mississauga, Ontario and the global marketing and distribution assets held by PCLI including its global offices.

Miners have to look at debt, private investors and alternative financing like pre-pays for growth capital according to new report.

While coal continues to crank out electricity for millions of people in developing nations, renewable energy is rapidly catching up and last year, overtook coal as the world's largest source of installed power capacity.

Educators in the Austrian city of Salzburg hit the panic button after the unintended discovery of a radioactive rock in a science classroom.