Worst year for US mining jobs since 1986
12 straight months of losses see 129,000 positions eliminated, the deepest jobs cuts in 29 years and the third worst annual decline since 1939.
India to end decades-old state monopoly on coal mining
Delhi is hoping the measure will reduce the nation’s reliance…
Political risk seen on the rise in these key mining markets
Major commodity-producing countries are set to remain under intense finance…
Private capital won’t touch mining
Only 0.6% of private capital raised in 2015 for natural…
Mining deaths in the U.S. fell to historic low in 2015
Eleven of the 28 deaths last year occurred at coal…