August 10, 2012 Register Now for Advanced Coal Preparation This course in webcast format is one in the series of courses designed to address mineral processing of a specific substance. The […]
August 10, 2012 CHART: 2012’s record temperatures really are an anomaly In 117 years of weather keeping in the United States, 2012 has really stood out.
August 9, 2012 Obama airs ad attacking Romney for saying coal kills The ad start by touting Obama support for the clean coal industry specifically in Ohio where coal production has increased 7% since Obama took office and then quotes from a…
August 9, 2012 Xstrata to lavish $260,000 on every resident of tiny Australian town Wandoan, with a population of less than 380 people, could get about $106 million from mining giant Xstrata if the Swiss company decides to go ahead with its $6 billion…
August 8, 2012 Foreign investors are pulling money out of India’s state-controlled metals and mining firms India's economy is growing at its slowest pace in nine years and investor confidence has also been eroded by the current government's frequent policy u-turns, corruption scandals and power blackouts.
August 8, 2012 Rio Tinto’s Blair Athol Mine to finish production Rio Tinto Coal Australia's Blair Athol Mine, near Clermont in Central Queensland, will finish mining operations this year after almost 30 years of production.
August 8, 2012 Harry Reid takes aim at coal plants in his home state Senate majority leader Harry Reid said it was time to close one of the coal power plants in his home state of Nevada, calling it a "dirty relic."
August 8, 2012 APM finalizes terms to acquire the Donkin coal and other North American assets of Erdene Resource Development Corp. APM has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Erdene Resources Inc., comprised primarily of Erdene's interest in the Donkin Coal Project in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
August 7, 2012 Xstrata to create world’s biggest zinc mine Xstrata has approved a $360 million expansion for its McArthur River mine in Australia’s Northern Territory which will make the project the largest producer of zinc in the world.
August 6, 2012 Photos: Iran coal miners toiling for $15 a day The miners work at a depth of 300 meters in two shifts of 6 hours per day and are hired on a contract basis for 400,000 tomans (about $200) per…
