SLIDESHOW: Mining on the mend – 2016 year in review

Kyiv Post reports an award-winning film scheduled to appear last month at an international documentary festival has been banned.

Japan has found a silver lining in the cloud of nuclear plant shutdowns following last year's Fukushima disaster.

West Virginia's largest-ever mountaintop mining project is moving forward again, after a federal judge ruled the EPA overstepped its authority in rejecting a critical permit.

By 2025, with 250 million more Chinese projected to be living in cities, China’s share of global carbon pollution will jump to 30.3 percent from 26.8 percent this year, the EIA says.

China Daily reports on a new tracking system in China designed to give early warning of dangers in coal mines.

UK-headquartered Anglo American (LON:AAL) cut the ribbon today on a new coal mine in South Africa.

The wedding reception is said to have included live performances by pop stars for the enjoyment of the more than 1,000 guests who stayed at the Ritz Carlton, Marriott, and Hilton 5-star hotels and were flown in on three chartered jets. The bride’s dowry was 6 Ferrari sports cars.

"They need to clearly indicate to the market what their strategy around Olympic Dam is, around shale gas, all of these things, to return confidence that they're not spending huge amounts of capex for very low returns."

Today Energy minister Taner Yildiz said that South Korean companies were interested in establishing 5,000-6,000 MW coal-fired power plants in Turkey.