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US Congress passes bill on space mining

Welcome to the future.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 22, 2015 | 9:00 am

US coal miner Murray Energy to lay off around 1,800

The planned cuts, about 21% of Murray’s workforce, will come largely at mines in Ohio and West Virginia, a state hit hard by recent coal mine closures and layoffs.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 22, 2015 | 6:00 am

Digging deep to unearth success in mining ventures

Researchers from QUT's Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research (ACE) investigated more than 1000 joint ventures in the Australian mining industry to uncover why some succeed and others fail.

Queensland University of Technology | May 21, 2015 | 9:51 am

Mitsui mulls expanding into food, drugs sectors to offset profit drop

The firm created a new division in April to evaluate deals in those areas, and in the past six months has made mining infrastructure-related investments in the U.S. and Africa.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 20, 2015 | 4:29 am

‘Skinny’ South32 disappoints on debut

Market valuation at lower end of expectations on worries over dearth of reserves. BHP stock falls 6%.

Frik Els | May 18, 2015 | 1:22 pm

Duke Energy pleads guilty to coal ash pollution charges, to pay $102 million

The U.S. largest electrical utility, has pleaded guilty to nine criminal violations of the Clean Water Act for polluting four major rivers with coal ash.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 15, 2015 | 6:55 am

Eric Coffin – pinpoints the mining companies with resources that are right for today’s market

In this interview with The Gold Report, he suggests some companies with resources that not only make sense but could make even more sense to larger companies.

The Gold Report | May 14, 2015 | 9:36 am

Sign of the times: Western Australia selling $4.1bn in assets as mining revenue drops

The sell-off includes the state's largest general cargo port, Fremantle.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 14, 2015 | 5:36 am

US coal-fired plants retiring to peak this year — study

SNL says the closures represent about 4% of installed coal capacity in the U.S. and it will make up a third of nationwide coal plant retirements between 2010 and 2015.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 13, 2015 | 10:03 am

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