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From chopping block to ‘core,’ Anglo fires up met coal engine

Anglo American Plc is set to boost metallurgical coal capacity at a mine complex in Australia by 25 percent.

Bloomberg News | May 31, 2018 | 10:04 am

Mongolia listing boosts investors confidence in Erdene Resource

The Halifax, Nova Scotia-based miner also said it had launched…

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 31, 2018 | 6:55 am

RBS to stop financing new coal plants, oil sands or arctic oil projects

Britain’s Royal Bank of Scotland said it had tightened restrictions…

Reuters | May 29, 2018 | 12:38 pm

China is said to mull more US coal imports to cut deficit

Chinese officials are currently looking at boosting purchases from West…

Bloomberg News | May 29, 2018 | 9:59 am

Black lung disease cases spike among former US coal miners

Miners in recent decades have been over-exposed to dust, a…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | May 25, 2018 | 4:05 pm

Glencore’s massive Canadian Donkin coal mine sold to U.S. firm

News feeds long-standing hopes of a mine reopening and job generation in the impoverished area.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 4, 2014 | 6:05 pm

Rio Tinto-Glencore a ‘poor match’: Sam Walsh

Walsh emphasized Rio was not planning any major acquisition to protect itself from a potential takeover by the commodity trader and miner rival.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 4, 2014 | 3:00 pm

Could falling oil prices spark a financial crisis?

The oil and gas boom in the United States was made possible by the extensive credit afforded to drillers. Not only has financing come from company shareholders and traditional banks, but hundreds of billions of dollars have also come from junk-bond investors looking for high returns.

Oilprice.com | December 4, 2014 | 1:06 pm