July 16, 2012 UK’s imminent sale of uranium producer to bring in billions British taxpayers could net as much as $4.6 billion with the government’s sale of its stake in nuclear power giant Urenco, a move which aims to solidify the country’s policy…
July 16, 2012 The mining boom in Australia is over, or is it? This was the year for Australia’s mining boom Martin Ferguson hinted on Monday. The Resources Minister highlighted the end of the high commodity prices era that will force the country’s…
July 16, 2012 Australia’s mining success places Great Barrier Reef in peril The unprecedented success of Australia's mining sector, which enabled the country to successfully weather the financial crisis and has triggered a surge in the Aussie dollar, may have caused irreparable…
July 16, 2012 Tinkler pursues Whitehaven Coal bid in wake of share plunge Former electrician turned mining tycoon Nathan Tinkler has issued a further bid for the remainder of Australia's Whitehaven Coal Ltd., following a 17% plunge in the company's shares since Tinkler's…
July 15, 2012 Yallourn coal mine flood worsens NEARLY six weeks after being flooded by the collapse of an artificial river bank, one of Australia's largest open cut coal mines continues to fill with water, limiting the operation…
July 15, 2012 Russians to invest $ 5.5 billion in Thar Coal A Russian investor Kirsan Ilyumzhinov along with Chairman BOI, Saleem H. Mandviwalla called on President Asif Ali Zardari and showed his interest to invest $ 5.5 in Thar Coal project.
July 15, 2012 Coal mine disaster persists among victim families The coal company that bought Massey mining is now trying to settle with families that lost loved ones to the disaster that is now two years old. This story is…
July 15, 2012 Meghalaya coal mine collapse: NDRF team returns, no bodies found The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team returned to the city on Friday after no body was found in the three-day rescue operation at the mine collapse site at Nagelbibra…
July 15, 2012 Four killed in wall collapse at east China mining company Four people were killed when a hopper wall collapsed in a mining company in east China's Anhui province Sunday morning, local authorities said.
July 15, 2012 Engbridge’s self-inflicted wounds Peter O'Neil at Postmedia News counts the ways that Enbridge Inc. (TSE:ENB) harmed its chances of getting the Northern Gateway pipeline built due to its poor response to the Michigan…
