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Peabody Energy to shut parts of Queensland mine after fire

Peabody Energy intends to permanently seal the area where high methane levels have been concentrated after it reported fire in its North Goonyella mine.

Reuters | October 12, 2018 | 10:00 am

Mining in the Mekong: Myanmar to outperform, Thailand to underperform – report

Myanmar is expected to lead in the Mekong region for…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 10, 2018 | 4:50 pm

Top copper miner almost sold out on strong China demand

Chinese copper demand has been so strong in the past…

Bloomberg News | October 10, 2018 | 1:42 pm

The real cash cow in mining isn’t metals. It’s bad old coal

For all the bullish talk about metals of the future,…

Bloomberg News | October 10, 2018 | 12:55 pm

BHP aims to restart Olympic Dam copper facility this month

In August, BHP had shut an acid plant following a…

Reuters | October 10, 2018 | 2:00 am

Wildfire spreads closer to Canada’s oil sands: hundreds evacuated

As of Wednesday night, there were 63 fires burning in the area and 13 were considered to be out of control.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 28, 2015 | 3:17 am

South Africa doesn’t have enough coal for power plants beyond 2016

Main power utility, Eskom, is struggling to meet demand in a country that depends on coal to generate 85% of its electricity.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 27, 2015 | 9:15 am

INFOGRAPHIC: Nuclear takes back seat in United States, but drives the bus in China

The vast majority of nuclear reactors in the US have been steaming along for decades and are approaching their decommissioning date.

Visual Capitalist | May 27, 2015 | 8:55 am

Romania opens door to new gold, copper project led by Canadians

This is first time Romania grants a mining license without the involvement of a state-owned enterprise.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 27, 2015 | 8:15 am

US to miss own emissions targets: report

Necessary tougher measures are likely to meet fierce Republican opposition.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 27, 2015 | 6:30 am

China eyes Canadian uranium miners — report

China needs supply for its 22 operating reactors and the other 24 currently are under construction.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 26, 2015 | 11:20 am

Canada’s Territories hold massive shale oil reserves similar to US Bakken field

Energy regulator says it holds as much as 200 billion barrels of shale oil reserves, comparable to North Dakota’s thriving Bakken field.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 25, 2015 | 7:51 am

Major accommodation supplier is cautiously optimistic

"I sort of approach it with some tepid enthusiasm from what I can see. We are hopefully going to see a couple of mining projects–predominantly in eastern Canada–that will come to fruition in the next quarter."

Michael Allan McCrae | May 25, 2015 | 1:07 am

Wildfire shuts down two oil sands sites

A fast-moving wildfire in northeastern Alberta has forced the evacuation of staff at two oil sands facilities representing over 7 percent of Alberta's oil production.

Andrew Topf | May 24, 2015 | 4:03 pm

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