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Coal rides commodities rally in push to 10-month high in Europe

The fuel has rallied 50% since February, when it plunged…

Low coal prices force Glencore to shut Australia’s Tahmoor mine

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December gold settles 1734.9, up $3.10

Gold traded slightly higher Tuesday, reversing some of Monday’s losses as investors await Thursday’s key announcement from the Federal Reserve. Outside markets were slightly positive as well, with the stock indices and energy markets poised for higher closes.

Teck confesses to a century of US river pollution

Diversified mining giant Teck Resources Ltd. (TSX:TCK.A) has confessed to polluting the upper reaches of Columbia River in Washington State for nearly a century with effluent discharge from one of its BC-situated smelters.