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Rio investors asked to push miner to leave Minerals Council of Australia

Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility says it needs 100 shareholders to co-file resolution at Rio’s upcoming annual general meeting.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 5, 2018 | 11:29 am

Randgold doubles dividend as CEO charges against DRC mining code

Randgold boosted divvy to $2 a share, after a year…

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 5, 2018 | 4:23 am

The great coal mining jobs boom has been postponed

So far, repeal of the Clean Power Plan has not…

Bloomberg News | February 2, 2018 | 10:00 am

Commodity boom has a dark side as cost creep erodes windfall

Mining and metal companies are rediscovering the downside of rallying…

Bloomberg News | February 2, 2018 | 7:00 am

Goldman all but says the mining supercycle is back

“The environment for investing in commodities is the best since…

Frik Els | February 2, 2018 | 2:29 am

India may ask state-run miner to import coal

Coal-based power plants struggling to meet demand.

Jeffrey Richmond | July 14, 2014 | 5:40 pm

Rio Tinto’s Ranger uranium mine gets green light to resume operations

Authorities say the amount of the radiation workers involved in a spill clean-up had to face was low and of “no consequence” to human health.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 14, 2014 | 5:39 pm

Experts say hunt for uranium seized by Iraq terrorists ‘unnecessary’

But the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) failed to disclose what the missing materials were, or whether it knew about them before they disappeared.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 14, 2014 | 4:45 pm

For US coal industry, volatility ‘a new normal’

The sector is facing an even more uncertain future as the impacts from weaker demand and environmental regulations are creating more contractual volatility from the utilities to the railroads.

SNL Metals & Mining | July 14, 2014 | 4:32 pm

Slow growth spoiling China’s appetite for coal

In the first half of 2014, the country’s coal imports grew just 0.9%, compared with 13.3% a year earlier.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 14, 2014 | 4:03 pm

Where this fund manager is investing in the energy sector

"We believe energy stocks have gotten a bit ahead of themselves especially among some of the juniors."

Oil and Gas Investments Bulletin | July 14, 2014 | 3:40 am

BHP sell-off could undo Billiton historic deal

As BHP considers the sale of almost all of the businesses that Billiton brought to the 2001 merger deal, experts say the firm is likely to end up leaving London.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 13, 2014 | 4:40 pm