April 2, 2012 CHALCO pays $925M for 60% of SouthGobi Resources In a three-way deal with Robert Friedland's Ivanhoe Mines, the Aluminum Corporation of China (CHALCO) is bidding for 60% of SouthGobi Resources' and paying $8.48 for each common share.
April 2, 2012 Mine closed as more workers exposed to hazardous coal gas Following the exposure of 25 miners to hazardous gases, Thiess has shut down dangerous sections of the Collinsville coal mine.
April 1, 2012 Film about child miners in Ukraine banned at home Kyiv Post reports an award-winning film scheduled to appear last month at an international documentary festival has been banned.
April 1, 2012 Coal blockade stops Newcastle harbour Hundreds of people took to Australia's Port of Newcastle in kayaks and canoes on Sunday when protest group Rising Tide held its seventh annual blockade of the harbour.
April 1, 2012 Once-idled Japanese coal mines back in business Japan has found a silver lining in the cloud of nuclear plant shutdowns following last year's Fukushima disaster.
April 1, 2012 Mountaintop mining project moving forward after judge reinstates mine permit 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.
April 1, 2012 In about turn Mississippi allows building of $2.8 billion coal plant Mississippi utility regulators on Friday voted to allow a unit of Southern Co to continue building an $2.8 billion coal-gasification power plant in the state despite a court ruling that…
April 1, 2012 Miner in a hole as project binned A small-time Queensland resources company whose plans to mine the fertile farming soils of the state's Darling Downs region were rejected by the incoming state government is at risk of…
April 1, 2012 High costs plague Zimbabwe coal miners Zimbabwe is estimated to hold between 10 billion and 20 billion tonnes of coal resources.
April 1, 2012 3 Chinese nationals die in coal mine fire in Malaysia Three men, all Chinese nationals, died of suspected smoke inhalation after a fire broke out inside the Lucky Hill coal mine in Abok, near Pantu, about 80 km from Sri…
Chile’s Mantoverde copper output hit as labor talks stall, union says The labor authority had notified that the company will not have emergency personnel from the union to keep facilities operational. January 12, 2026 | 11:18 am
