Indonesia’s March coal benchmark price set at $67.08

The global coal industry is being squeezed by competition from cheap gas, declining demand and clean-air regulations that have raised costs for burning the fossil fuel.

The ratings agency expects physical supply/demand imbalance to widen further, leaving miners in extremely weak conditions.

The company has now at least 60 days to come up with a plan to address and fix pollution problems tied to its operations Tubarão, one of Vale's most important ports.

Iran is opening $29 billion of projects to foreign investors now that sanctions have been lifted.

North America's highest mines are all concentrated in just four states

Beijing will invest $4.6 billion over the next three years to close small and inefficient coal mines across the country.

Miners suffering fresh sell-off as oil price falls and the IMF lowers growth forecast for China, rattling investors.

Maroef Sjamsuddin's decision comes less than a month after the chairman of the U.S. mining giant stepped down.

Chile's Invierno coal mine is, by far, the southernmost mine on the planet.