Coal Top Stories

New method for cleaning coal could help determine economic viability of coal projects

A new method for cleaning metallurgical coal to verify coal quality for coke making could replace a widely-used chemical-based process leading to a more accurate assessment of the economic viability of coal projects.

Geoscience BC | May 2, 2017 | 2:11 pm

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

American coal expert says Christy Clark's posturing on thermal coal…

Business in Vancouver | May 2, 2017 | 1:23 pm

Greece to sell coal-fired plants, mines as part of bailout deal

Athens will begin testing the waters for such sale in…

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 2, 2017 | 7:11 am

South32 buys stake in Canada’s Arizona Mining for $81 million

The Perth-based miner has agreed to purchase 45 million shares…

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 2, 2017 | 4:07 am

Australian officials slam banks decision to refuse backing country’s largest coal project

The lenders’ move follow a decision by Australia’s second-largest bank…

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 2, 2017 | 3:53 am

Dr Caterpillar’s chart says the global economy is going to get much sicker. And soon

But management of the equipment behemoth has stuck to their forecasts for a record-breaking year.

Frik Els | June 25, 2012 | 11:22 pm

Barclays: Commodity investors’ retreat is turning into a stampede

The speed and extent of recent commodity price falls suggest market participants are anticipating a severe deterioration in the macroeconomic outlook.

MINING.com Editor | June 25, 2012 | 10:33 pm

Coal prices sink again as Chinese storage yards near capacity

Analysts are now saying that the world's second largest economy may not be the "long-term structural importer of thermal coal" suppliers have been betting on.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 25, 2012 | 3:18 pm

Rio Tinto makes first coal shipment‎ from Mozambique

Giant miner Rio Tinto said Monday that it has started exporting premium hard coking coal from its Mozambique Benga Mine, its first shipment of 34,000 tons has left the Port of Beira and is bound for an Indian steel mill.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 25, 2012 | 1:22 pm

Mapping coal port expansion in the Pacific Northwest

The Columbian, a newspaper out of Vancouver, WA, put together a handy map showing proposed development plans for six coal terminals in Oregon and Washington, the status of each along with what the project has going for it and opposition lined up against.

Michael Allan McCrae | June 24, 2012 | 4:07 pm