BHP to pay $840 million to break from coal in Chile

Coking coal/iron ore ratio at 16-year low.

Cranking up production is actually the opposite of what Beijing wants to do for Chinese coal.

The equipment maker is currently spending most of its R&D budget in its digital area, which aims to help miners reduce the amount of machinery needed at operations.

The Dutch parliament has voted for a 55% cut in CO2 emissions by 2030, which would require the closure of all the country’s coal-fired power plants.

In a nutshell: Less rules, more drilling and more digging.

One year ago the most popular post at MINING.com examined how much longer the bear market in mining would last – compare and contrast.

Restarting idled coal mines might seem like an odd way to fight climate change, but that’s the plan for a U.S. conservationist and his business partners, who recently acquired three Tumbler Ridge-Chetwynd area coal mines.

Peru’s significant copper project pipeline and Brazil’s competitive iron ore sector will consolidate them as main drivers of investment in Latin America’s mining sector, says BMI Research.

The world’s second largest miner says is now rather “cautiously optimistic” in relation to what China's effect on commodity prices has in store.