Australia’s energy, carbon policies remain a deadlocked mess — opinion

More than half the employees at Murray River coal mine be temporary foreign workers in 2018.

About half a million coal miners in India have called off a strike, removing the threat of widespread power outages and a crippling coal shortage.

Before the infamous Soma disaster, which claimed the lives of 301 workers, there had been 1,308 fatal accidents in the industry since 2000, a new report shows.

December 2014 coal markets were mixed on the month, with eastern coal caught in the rout that has broadly affected energy commodities on slowing global economic growth and weak winter demand.

But only 34% plans to hire full-time employees and a further 20% is actually considering job cuts.

It is likely to cost the country 1.5 million tonnes of lost coal production a day.

Revised plan plan will see the company mine 75 million tonnes over 17 years instead of 97 million tonnes over 20 years.

The three-week suspension aimed at battling a global oversupply of the commodity.

Nearly 700 coal miners in Western Kentucky are feeling hopeful this week, despite Patriot Coal deciding to permanently shut down the Highland and Dodge Hill mines on Dec. 31.