Washington takes note of BC premier’s targeting US coal exports

Phys.org says damage to streams and rivers in southern West Virginia is substantial due to mining, and even small operations can have a large impact on wildlife.

Believing that the natural gas nightmare may be ending, investors are returning to coal.

'Structural failure' at CONSOL Energy's mine and preparation plant in Pennsylvania has the company reporting that the Bailey and Enlow Fork mines could be fully impacted for the next two weeks.

A trading halt on Blackwood Corp (ASX:BWD) shares has cast further doubt upon Australian mining magnate Nathan Tinkler's audacious AUD$5.3 billion privatization bid for Whitehaven Coal (ASX:WHC).

I'm not locating capital to India or China as I don't see things progressing there. We can't remain stuck, so we move on. Now our priority is to reduce debt, we sell non-core assets. But we continue to invest in mining and become self-dependent.

A coal mining permit issued in Alaska 21 years ago — but not utilized until recently — has been ruled as no longer valid by a US federal agency because the Alaska DNR “erroneously transferred and renewed invalid permits."

Patriot Coal's Hobet mine was back in production by late afternoon.

Examples: Worldwide orders for dry-bulk vessels dropped 49% to 9.8 million deadweight  tons in the first half of 2012. The monthly index of new-ship prices in China is now at its lowest point since March 2004.

53 people have been rescued while five still remain trapped in a coal mine in China's south-western province of Guizhou following the collapse of two separate sections of the mine's tunnel within the space of several days.