February 26, 2012
Stand-off continues in central Qld coal mines
A dispute between unions and one of the world's biggest coal miners has escalated with more industrial action planned in central Queensland this weekend.
February 26, 2012
A dispute between unions and one of the world's biggest coal miners has escalated with more industrial action planned in central Queensland this weekend.
February 26, 2012
The European Commission has authorised 1169 million Romanian lei (approximately €270 million) of public funding for the closure of three uncompetitive coal mining units owned by National Hard Coal Company…
February 26, 2012
Coalspur Mines Limited (ASX:CPL.AX - News) (TOR:CPT.TO - News) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a binding agreement with the Highland Park Group for a C$70 million…
February 26, 2012
The mineral-rich Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya faces an acute drinking water crisis as major rivers there have been declared “unfit” for human use due to high level of acidity…
February 26, 2012
Hughie Elbert Stover, the former security chief at the Upper Big Branch mine, was sentenced on Wednesday to three years in prison for lying to federal agents and obstructing an…
February 26, 2012
Iran may be diverting uranium for use in weapons research, according to a report by the UN International Energy Agency (IEA), a nuclear watchdog.
February 25, 2012
On February 16, 2012, the Polish coal mining company Lubelski Węgiel Bogdanka S.A. smashed the world record for daily production from a plow-equipped longwall, with an output of 24,400 tonnes…
February 25, 2012
Alpha Natural Resources took a $.73 billion hit in the fourth-quarter, but the US coal producer, the third largest of coking coal in the world, said it has a strategy…
February 25, 2012
Feb. 25--SURRY -- The Surry County Planning Commission will hold its new public hearing on Old Dominion Electric Cooperative's proposed coal-fueled power plant on Monday.
February 25, 2012
Residents of a central Pennsylvania coal town decimated by a half-century-old mine fire have lost a state court appeal to try to prevent condemnation of their land, but the long-running…
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