Coal Top Stories

RWE reviews mine protest damage, says power plants not at risk

German utility RWE AG is reviewing damage done by environmental campaigners who accessed the company’s Garzweiler open-pit mine in Germany’s Rhineland on Saturday.

Bloomberg News | June 23, 2019 | 8:52 am

Visualizing US energy use in one giant chart

U.S. energy use has been generally increasing, eventually topping 100…

Visual Capitalist | June 21, 2019 | 8:12 am

Adani begins construction at Carmichael coal complex

Company already has around 60 workers onsite, surveying and clearing…

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 21, 2019 | 8:00 am

Pollution is choking Europe’s poorest region

The EU has warned that any future membership hinges on…

Bloomberg News | June 21, 2019 | 7:50 am

South Korean firm wins mining leases for long-delayed Australian coal project

The final approval from the NSW state government follows a…

Reuters | June 21, 2019 | 7:36 am

Mongolia text poll impact: Dust off your exploration plans

Mongolia may give up government shareholding in mining projects altogether.

Frik Els | February 5, 2015 | 11:45 pm

Obama pulls plug on $1.65 billion carbon-capture project

The DOE says there was some benefit from the $116 million already spent.

Michael Allan McCrae | February 5, 2015 | 5:22 pm

Mongolian verdict sends chill through mining community

Banned from travel since 2012, three SouthGobi workers, a coal firm owned Vancouver's Turquoise Hill, are now going to jail for 5-6 years for tax evasion.

Frik Els | February 4, 2015 | 4:12 pm

Lots of new fees for hardrock miners in BLM budget

"It will definitely put a lot of marginal producers out of business."

Michael Allan McCrae | February 3, 2015 | 9:04 pm

Roubini gives a talking to gold bugs, other ‘pseuds and hacks’

Dr Doom explains why the predictions of "Austrian economists, radical monetarists, gold bugs, and Bitcoin fanatics" have been so "spectacularly wrong".

Frik Els | February 3, 2015 | 8:04 pm

Weak 2014 numbers worsen an already bad outlook for coal companies

Some coal-industry executives insist—despite all the evidence that suggests otherwise—on an inevitable turnaround in the years ahead.

Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis | February 2, 2015 | 10:44 pm

China’s slower growth stalling price recovery for B.C. commodities

Hardest hit of all B.C. commodities has been metallurgical coal, which is suffering from a double whammy.

Business in Vancouver | February 2, 2015 | 9:46 pm

CAT, Komatsu, Volvo slapped with antitrust suit

International Construction Products alleges Big 3 manufacturers are colluding to keep the 1-year old company from selling cheap Chinese equipment in the US.

Frik Els | February 2, 2015 | 9:43 pm

‘Now is a good time to deploy capital’ – private equity group secures $450 million

No money for iron ore.

Michael Allan McCrae | February 2, 2015 | 4:18 pm

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