July 8, 2016

Deutsche Bank ditches coal investments

The German banking giant is the last lender to pull back from the embattled coal sector.

July 7, 2016

Alpha Natural Resources, Arch Coal near bankruptcy exit deals

Alpha, which filed for bankruptcy in August last year, is scheduled to ask a federal judge Thursday to approve its exit plan despite objections to it.

July 6, 2016

Chinese fund eyes Glencore gold mine in Kazakhstan

China’s state-backed Silk Road Fund is said to be considering a joint $2 billion bid with China National Gold Group for the Vasilkovskoye mine.

July 5, 2016

INFOGRAPHIC: Silver skyrockets post-Brexit, energy is back!

Energy had an impressive comeback in Q2, with natural gas and oil being the best performing commodities of the quarter.

July 4, 2016

Rio Tinto sells its Blair Athol coal mine for less than a bus ticket

The Blair Athol mine, closed in 2012, would be the second Australian coal asset in a year to be sold for just A$1.

July 4, 2016

Global mining equipment market to reach $156 billion by 2022 — report

Product launch and acquisition are the key growth strategies adopted by the leading market players, such as Caterpillar and Komatsu, to strengthen their foothold in the market.

July 3, 2016

Sweden sells its German coal mines

The Swedish government has endorsed a plan by a state-owned enterprise to sell its four German coal mines and assets to Czech investors.

July 3, 2016

The decline of coal in three charts

These three charts show how coal went from hero to zero.

June 28, 2016

These five coal miners spent $95 million on lobbying before going bankrupt

Report claims that Walter Energy, Patriot Coal, Alpha Natural Resources, Arch Coal and Peabody Energy also allocated more than half a billion dollars for top executives salaries in decade before…

June 27, 2016

BHP hikes exploration spending to focus mostly on copper, oil

It will raise its annual exploration spending by 29%, allocating nearly all its $900 million budget to finding new copper and oil deposits in the fiscal year beginning next month.