China’s green ambitions aren’t halting new coal and steel plans

Eskom said on Monday that it had fewer than 20 days of coal supplies at 10 of its 15 coal-fired power stations, posing a threat to national power supplies.

The key US coal export hub of Hampton Roads, Virginia, has halted operations as damage to ships and infrastructure seem inevitable, analysts at Wood Mackenzie said Thursday.

Ottawa recently announced renewed efforts to sell the Crown-owned terminal, Ridley Terminal, which is used to export thermal and metallurgical coal.

South32’s South Africa Energy Coal unit, the country’s third-biggest exporter of the fuel, was split into a standalone business earlier this year.

It will now have the maturity of $2.6 billion in senior debt extended from this month until September 2026, court documents showed.

Mining giant running out of time to secure power supplies

MINING.com interviewed the Minerals Council of Australia CEO.

Foreign purchases fell just 1.1 percent in August to the equivalent of 925,161 metric tons a day, compared with 935,806 the previous month.

Drilling at new projects up 57% as spending on gold exploration reaches 21-year high.