Iran mining bigger opportunity than oil

Prophecy has more than 1.4 billion tonnes of surface minable coal resources at its flagship Chandgana project and is already producing at Ulaan Ovoo in Mongolia.

BHP Billiton declared force majeure at its Bowen Basin coal mines in Queensland, Australia.

In a three-way deal with Robert Friedland's Ivanhoe Mines, the Aluminum Corporation of China (CHALCO) is bidding for 60% of SouthGobi Resources' and paying $8.48 for each common share.

Uranium company Paladin Energy Ltd (TSX:PDN)(ASX:PDN) announced it named Alan Rule as its new Chief Financial Officer effective July 23, 2012. He would be replacing the current CFO, Garry Korte, who is joining Roy Hill Holdings, owned by billionaire mining magnate Gina Rinehart.

Kyiv Post reports an award-winning film scheduled to appear last month at an international documentary festival has been banned.

Japan has found a silver lining in the cloud of nuclear plant shutdowns following last year's Fukushima disaster.

West Virginia's largest-ever mountaintop mining project is moving forward again, after a federal judge ruled the EPA overstepped its authority in rejecting a critical permit.

By 2025, with 250 million more Chinese projected to be living in cities, China’s share of global carbon pollution will jump to 30.3 percent from 26.8 percent this year, the EIA says.

Gold royalty companies provide upfront capital to developing gold mining producers to help with the expenditures of bringing the mine into production.