Glencore to reopen yet another coal mine in Australia

The discovery of a massive new coal reserve in Xinjiang Uygur is hoped will help meet China's coal requirements, which are set to grow to 1 gigaton during the 12th 5-year plan.

Tens of thousands of residents from Haimen, China, who protested the construction of a coal-fired power plant earlier this week, are now being arrested.

An underground coal mine proposed for near Margaret River in Western Australia has been rejected by the state's environment minister.

A California company says it has discovered a new way to make liquid fuel from coal without consuming water or producing carbon dioxide.

Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of all outstanding shares in Macarthur Coal Limited and holds 100 percent of the company.

According to a source close to the deal, Chinese-controlled Yancoal Australia has approached Gloucester Coal with a plan to merge their neighbouring coal assets in Australia.

A proposed new coal mine in Queensland is so massive it is likely to do more harm to the local economy than good.

Bloomberg reported that Billionaire Mr Ziyavudin Magomedov Summa Group won the right to build a RUB 44.3 billion section of a railroad to coal fields in East Siberia near deposits to be developed by Evraz Plc and OAO Severstal.

The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement on Thursday, together with Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, announced $485 million is being given to states and tribes to eliminate health and safety hazards caused by past coal mining.