China’s nuclear war on coal

Coal prices are set to receive a boost from the closure of small mines in China during the lead up to the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, where the country's incumbent leadership will be succeeded replaced by a new administration.

The international resource sector faces rough waters ahead according to an industry insider who has just completed a round-the-world tour of key mining regions.

South African police fired tear gas on Thursday to disperse a group of striking coal miners a day after security guards killed two workers that had tried to break into a locked mine-explosives armoury at Forbes & Manhattan Coal Corp. (TSX:FMC) operations.

TransCanada Corp. (TSX,NYSE:TRP) will invest about $1 billion in a new natural gas pipeline in Mexico after being granted a permit to contract to build, own and operate the duct by the country's federal power company, the Comision Federal de Electricidad or CFE.

Deal is one of China's biggest investments in Australia

69,667 more Australians joined the mining industry from 2006 - 2011

Oscar winner and veteran heartthrob Robert Redford has decided to contribute some of his starpower to America’s anti-fracking campaign. ABC reports that […]

BHP will in time set up similar facilities for its Queensland coal mines and at its Escondida copper mine in Chile.

Canada’s federal government has launched a formal investigation into the use of foreign workers at a HD Mining International Ltd.’s coal mine in northern British Columbia, joining the provincial government, which opened an inquiry last week.