Poland to close coal mines by 2049 in deal with unions

A federal court dismissed challenge from a traditional owner to mining permits for the mine.

Signs of resurgence in platinum, a stronger gold price and growing coal exports to India should be triggers for South Africa’s mining leadership to grasp the opportunities that it missed in the last commodity boom, according to consulting engineers and scientists SRK Consulting (South Africa).

Cooperation agreements between the nations would guarantee India fresh supply of Russian coal, liquefied natural gas (LNG), diamonds and fertilizers.

China's domestic iron ore, copper, nickel, zinc, lead and bauxite mining output is slowing dramatically.

And one that's ultra-bearish.

Not even counting the $7.7 billion in write-downs and charges, BHP’s underlying profit dropped by a painful 81% to $1.2 billion for the year to June.

The Cerrejón mine is one of the world’s largest open cut coal operations.

None of the foreign-owned platinum miners operating in the world's number three producer of the precious metal is listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange.

Study argues it would be cheap and simple to retrain coal workers for solar jobs.