Coal Top Stories

Bosnia’s 300 MW power plant to go offline for 35-day overhaul on Mar. 25

The Stanari coal-fired power plant in Doboj is the first privately-funded power plant in the Western Balkans.

Reuters | March 24, 2019 | 8:47 am

U.S. coal miners are shovelling more money than ever at investors

Strong export prices are providing healthy cash flows for now.…

Bloomberg News | March 22, 2019 | 8:30 am

Coal mining comes back to the UK with $218 million project

West Cumbria Mining plans to open the country’s first new…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 20, 2019 | 9:15 am

One of Canada’s newest coal mines is piling up safety warnings

Kameron Coal’s Donkin mine has received four orders and six…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 20, 2019 | 4:36 am

Taxes and royalties paid by Australian miners equivalent to Federal Government education spending

Aussie miners paid A$30.6 billion in company tax and royalties…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 19, 2019 | 7:02 am

Pace of mine idlings slows in H1’14, but Appalachian mines still impacted

Again shouldered most of the burden.

SNL Energy | August 19, 2014 | 6:50 am

Demerged BHP may not hold on to coal assets for long: analysts

The division contributed just $746 million of the $21.12 billion earnings BHP reported for the 2013 financial year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 18, 2014 | 3:07 pm

Chinese coal burning set to decline first time in 14 years

China burns almost as much coal as the rest of the world combined, but new data show year to date declines in output and sales.

Frik Els | August 18, 2014 | 1:55 pm

BHP spinoff could be worth $12 billion

Speculation is of a new Perth-based company with current CFO Graham Kerr at the helm housing non-core assets including Australian lead-silver mine.

Frik Els | August 18, 2014 | 8:34 am

Renewables aren’t enough-clean coal is the future

Germany opened more coal-fired power plants in 2013 than any other time in the past 20 years.

Travis McPherson - CEO.ca | August 17, 2014 | 1:47 am

America’s first oil sands producer and other natural resources surprises: Peter Epstein

Who stands to capture the graphite market?

The Energy Report | August 15, 2014 | 2:45 pm

Queensland approves rail line to coal port by Great Barrier Reef

Adani now only needs to get the federal government green light on the same railway to have all required permits in place.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 15, 2014 | 2:24 pm

Denmark produces one third of its electricity from wind

Country well on way to goal of 50% wind power by 2020.

Statista | August 15, 2014 | 1:30 pm

Nearly 17,000 Australian mining jobs to disappear by 2019

Compares with a near doubling of mining, exploration and services positions in the country over the previous five years.

Frik Els | August 15, 2014 | 10:45 am

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