South Africa’s parliament delays passing key mining law

Nathan Tinkler's empire is crumbling.

A recent spate of cave-ins caused by coal mining has left the town of Fukou in Hunan speckled with over 20 large craters

"The impact of the draft law on the minerals industry will be to halt current minerals exploration and development in Mongolia and greatly discourage any future investment."

The watchdog, known as OEFA, said the fines to mining firms accounted for 67% of the total collected.

US Embassy publishes embarrassing environmental data on Twitter

Buffett is building the largest photovoltaic project in the world

The province's Nanitocke coal-plant was the largest single source of greenhouse gases in 2001

Engineering, geosciences and skilled trades

More than half of the total reports submitted in early 2012 are still under evaluation.