BHP top shareholders step up pressure for oil spinoff

The prospectus giving details of the creation of a $90 billion mining and commodities trading behemoth will finally find its way to the inboxes of shareholders today.

New York Times reports that Big Sandy, an eastern Kentucky coal-burning plant, will not be retrofitted so it can meet environmental regulations.

ABC News examines the rumour that big money can be made in mining in Australia with nary more than a high-school diploma.

Ruchir Sharma, head of emerging markets at Morgan Stanley, makes one of the most bearish statements yet on the end of the so-called commodity supercycle.

After a week of protests, Spanish coal miners have decided to go on indefinite strike amid fears their entire industry is about to go to the wall, after the government slashed the coal’s sector subsidy by two-thirds.

South Korean company LG International has bid for Peabody Energy's Wilkie Creek coal mine in Queensland, reports The Australian, citing an unnamed source who spoke to Deal Journal Australia.

Cline Mining Corporation ("Cline Mining" or the "Company") (TSX:CMK.TO - News) has filed a notice of civil claim (the "Claim") dated May 28, 2012 in the Supreme Court of British Columbia against the Province of British Columbia (the "Province") with respect to Cline Mining's Lodgepole, Sage Creekand Cabin Creek coal properties located in the Flathead Valley in Southeastern B.C. and the Province's passing of the Flathead Watershed Area Conservation Act (the "Act").

The Canadian government did what it said it would do Monday, ordering close to 5,000 striking CP Rail employees back to their jobs.

The Newman Government has given the green light to what will be one of Australia’s biggest mines, the $6.4 billion Alpha Coal Project in Queensland’s Galilee Basin.