Dubai gets Arab Gulf’s first, and perhaps last, coal power plant

The totalitarian state is the number three supplier to China of the steelmaking raw material.

The economic noose is being tightened around North Korea's neck after the pariah regime ignored a United Nations resolution by testing a missile last week.

The Australian coal industry has launched a new coal advertising campaign – Coal: Making the future possible – that highlights the important role coal will play in the world’s future energy mix while reducing emissions.

Report by the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) says the country is not in a good position to benefit from the increasing number of companies ready to make new and significant investments.

Coal miners are happy.

Restrictions would remain in place for six months, with some mines and areas possibly excluded.

Down 4.7% on Tuesday to five-month low as ultra-cheap Mongolian coal gets trucked into market.

The Anglo American's unit logged earnings of $607 million for 2016, basically double the $304 million it recorded in 2015.

The Australian government has opened the door to using a $5 billion fund designed to attract investment in northern Australia, to develop clean-coal projects.