August 27, 2012

Australian coal miner targeted for high metal levels in water streams

Higher than usual mercury levels discovered in water sources in Western Australia by Griffin Coal are prompting calls for an immediate Government investigation.

August 27, 2012

Alpha miner downplays coal price impact

The developers of the massive coal mine in central western Queensland say falling coal prices will not impact on the viability of the project.

August 27, 2012

Split Coal India says government panel

A government board is suggesting to split India’s state-owned Coal India Ltd (NSE:COALINDIA), the world’s largest coal producer, or at least allow joint venture partners to foster competition in the…

August 27, 2012

India takes its coal mines back

India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday the government has already initiated the process of cancelling mines to companies that failed to develop them.

August 27, 2012

BHP sells Australia’s mammoth uranium deposit

BHP Billiton (LON/ASX/NYSE:BHP) took Monday another step away from resource expansion in Australia, particularly in the uranium sector. The world's number one miner announced it's selling one of the country's…

August 26, 2012

The oil sands first champion

The Globe and Mail profiles Ned Gilbert, once a low-ranking employee in the early '50s in a remote field office in Alberta who saw great potential in the oil sands.

August 26, 2012

Pipeline politics gripping Canadians across the country

Canadian history is packed with riveting battles over natural resource developments, including the oilsands, dams, mining, salmon fishing and old-growth forest clear-cutting.

August 26, 2012

Latin America’s China addiction: China’s soft landing impacting regional growth

Over the past decade, many Latin America countries have experienced phenomenal economic growth as a result of one of the greatest commodity […]

August 26, 2012

Indian iron ore mining mess – Belekeri illegal export much higher

Bangalore Mirror reported that the details in the Central Empowered Committee’s report on illegal mining could well be just a little ripple […]

August 26, 2012

A pity prosperity depends on mining

Reducing mining investment is not collateral damage from the carbon tax: it is integral to achieving its objective of shrinking the carbon […]