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Natural disasters, gold price among Top Mining Stories of 2011

2011 will go down as the year when the wind fell out of the sails of economic recovery and serious storm clouds gathered on the horizon.

Andrew Topf | January 1, 2012 | 4:46 am

The Year of the Deal: Top 10 mining M&A in 2011

If 2010 was the year of rising commodity prices, 2011 was the year of The Deal.

Andrew Topf | December 30, 2011 | 10:38 pm

Can coal ever come clean? Movement tripped up by lack of hard science and environmental opposition

What happened to the clean coal movement? Benjamin Gotlieb, blogging for the web news portal of the Los Angeles-based Annenberg School for Journalism and Communication, addresses the question of whether carbon dioxide can safely be stored in the earth's crust.

Andrew Topf | December 30, 2011 | 6:38 am

UK coal industry plans for cheaper, reliable and sustainable power

Britain’s coal producers have tabled a five-point plan that they say “will give the nation’s electricity users cheaper, reliable and sustainable power supplies whilst safeguarding jobs, stimulating investment and reducing energy imports.”

International Mining | December 30, 2011 | 5:17 am

Coal or koalas? Australia’s new dilemma

When Singapore-based OGL Resources Limited (ASX:OGL) announced its plans to reopen the Ebenezer Coal Mine west of Brisbane next year, little did it know that koala lovers would take them to the Supreme Court.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 29, 2011 | 5:08 pm

Westmoreland announces plan to acquire Kemmerer Mine

Westmoreland Coal Company (NasdaqGM:WLB) announced Tuesday that it has agreed to purchase Chevron Mining Inc.’s Kemmerer mine in the Hams Fork Region of southwestern Wyoming for $179 million plus approximately $14 million in working capital.

Westmoreland Coal Company | December 29, 2011 | 6:21 am

Shenhua planning Asia’s largest thermal power project in S. China’s Guangxi

NANNING, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- China Shenhua Group Co. Ltd., the country's largest coal producer, has signed an agreement to build Asia's largest thermal power project in southern Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

Xinhua | December 27, 2011 | 7:09 pm

Greenhouse gases released from coal or hydraulic fracturing: researchers tussle over which is greater

A Pennsylvania research group has challenged the findings from Cornell University, which found that the carbon footprint of natural gas derived from shale is greater than the production of coal.

Michael Allan McCrae | December 27, 2011 | 3:47 pm

Older, dirtier coal plants about to take their last bow

In a ruling that will be felt most heavily by older coal-burning power plants, the United States Environmetal Protection Agency announced new regulations last week to limit emissions of toxic air pollutants like mercury, arsenic and metals.

Michael Allan McCrae | December 26, 2011 | 11:16 pm

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