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Fascinating video: growth of shipping around the globe over the past 250 years

Cool.

Michael Allan McCrae | April 30, 2012 | 7:53 pm

Greenpeace puns iCoal, but the group may have its numbers wrong

Greenpeace recently published a new ad on YouTube that takes a swipe at Apple's reliance on coal to power its cloud computing services, however the environmental organization may have goofed when compiling its figures.

Michael Allan McCrae | April 30, 2012 | 5:51 pm

The solar sector in India will boom because the government is incompetent: GigaOMtech

GigaOMtech predicts that the solar sector will do very well in India because the government is heavily involved in the coal and the oil and gas sector.

Michael Allan McCrae | April 30, 2012 | 4:49 pm

A significant paradigm shift in public activism

There has been a significant paradigm shift in public activism in Canada and a growing hostility toward mining and dogmatic opposition by environmentalists and social action groups toward virtually all mining and energy projects.

Davies Public Affairs | April 29, 2012 | 9:31 pm

CoAL jumps through hoops to get Vele running

Fourteen months after being halted by the South African departments of water and environment, Coal of Africa's Vele mine has begun shipping its first coal.

Andrew Topf | April 29, 2012 | 6:59 pm

Indian economy to grow despite politics over policy paralysis: Lakshmi Mittal

NRI business tycoon Lakshmi N Mittal on Sunday said India's economy will continue to grow despite politics over policy paralysis.

DNA India | April 29, 2012 | 5:22 pm

UK Coal up 13% after swinging into profit

UK Coal (LON:UKC) turned a £124.6 million loss in 2010 into a pre-tax profit of £58 million last year as production and revenue jumped.

MINING.com Editor | April 27, 2012 | 3:27 pm

US studies new law to speed up one of world’s longest permitting processes

"What is new is the growing awareness of its implications for our nation, particularly in a highly competitive world economy in which the demand for minerals continues to grow, especially in fast growing economies led by China and India."

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 27, 2012 | 2:53 pm

Xstrata pulls out of Donkin Mine project in Eastern Canada

Australian miner Xstrata Coal is pulling out of the Donkin Mine project, which promised to employ as many as 300 people in Cape Breton, Eastern Canada, by 2014.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 27, 2012 | 1:26 pm

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