South Africa’s mining industry calls for action to end power crisis

The world’s largest heavy machinery maker has logged a 18% drop in global sales of machinery for the three-month period ended in September.

He envisions people living in big glass-carbon fiber domes on the surface, with additional areas mined out below the surface by robots for "industrial" uses.

Steelmaking coal surges again and seaborne price for coal used in power generation reaches highest since May 2012.

Banks Group’s Highthorn coal mine would provide about 100 jobs during its five-year operation, with no mining activity planned within 500 metres of Druridge Bay beach.

Oilsands producers are likely to face a pipeline shortage in coming years, even amid growing optimism that a major pipeline could soon receive federal approval and ease industry’s pipeline constraints.

The former manager of a Chinese state-owned coal-mining firm has been found guilty of accepting bribes and given a death sentence.

The project will include financial help to coal emitters closing their plants and transitioning to cleaner forms of power.

The new forecast is a response to OPEC's decision to limit production after a long period of unrestrained output.

With the deal, the Swiss group is only a step away from meeting chief executive Ivan Glasenberg’s target of $5bn in assets sales this year.