ChatGPT doesn’t know where the world’s copper comes from, AI images show mining stuck in the Great DepressionSo much for data mining and machine learning.Frik Els | January 20, 2023 | 1:55 pm
Australian state says coal miners must keep up to 10% for local needsThe NSW Minerals Council said the policy would have little…Reuters | January 19, 2023 | 9:39 am
Greta Thunberg released after brief detention at German coal mine protestClimate campaigner was detained during protests against the demolition of…Reuters | January 17, 2023 | 3:43 pm
Indonesia suspends operations of more than 1,000 miners President Joko Widodo last month revoked the permits of more than 2,000 companies due to poor compliance. Reuters | February 10, 2022 | 10:00 pm
Researchers develop ICP-coring system for deep mining A new coring system has the potential to obtain and test "living" samples from the deep earth. MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 10, 2022 | 6:06 am
Anglo American switches on new Aquila met coal mine The milestone marks Aquila’s final stages of construction and commissioning, on schedule and within the budgeted $226 million. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 9, 2022 | 5:52 am
Energy giant RWE backs Germany’s bad-bank plan for coal exit RWE has one of the largest renewable-energy portfolios among European utilities, but it still generates about a quarter of its power from lignite plants. Bloomberg News | February 8, 2022 | 11:19 am
China metallurgical coal futures surge on supply woes, demand recovery Other steelmaking ingredients on the Dalian bourse also jumped. Reuters | February 8, 2022 | 10:15 am
Research shows risk aversion determines coal contracting behavior of US power plants New research shows that coal power plants respond to regulatory practices by taking costly actions to reduce the variance of their input costs. MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 8, 2022 | 6:06 am
US to spend $725m this year on abandoned coal mine cleanup The money represents a portion of the $11.3 billion allocated to mine reclamation in the infrastructure law that Congress passed last year. Reuters | February 7, 2022 | 12:09 pm
Goldman commodity veteran says he’s never seen a market like it "We’re out of everything – I don’t care if it’s oil, gas, coal, copper, aluminum, you name it we’re out of it,” says Jeff Currie. Bloomberg News | February 7, 2022 | 6:49 am
France coal-fired power plants get short-term right to burn more France is temporarily allowing electricity producers to burn more coal after the nation’s grid operator warned of possible power shortages. Bloomberg News | February 6, 2022 | 10:09 am