BHP shareholders to vote on fossil fuel production detail at AGM

Success breeds success and there is a great deal of exploration activity taking place in the Atlantic Canada province these days. 

Yancoal Australia was on top.

India, the world's second-largest coal importer, has defied its prior history of being a price-sensitive buyer and boosted its imports this year.

Chinese coking coal futures rose their most in a month on Thursday, buoyed by firm physical prices.

Some in the industry see this move as a prelude to a potentially broader deal with bigger miner Anglo American.

The company's own workforce is in charge of re-profiling the terrain using seven massive bulldozers.

Can old coal mines generate harnessable low-carbon heat for domestic use?

"It is not just China."

Botswana's Minergy Limited said on Wednesday it has started construction at its Masama Coal Mine, which is set to be the country's first privately-owned coal mine, following government approval.