According to recent statistics from China National Coal Association, in the first half of this year, national coal output reached 1.77 billion tons, an increase of 12.7 percent compared with the same period in the previous year; the sale volume of coal

Indonesian government officials on Friday denied market talk that the country will soon impose an export ban on all low calorie coal exports from 2014.

China, the world’s biggest buyer of iron ore, boosted purchases 8.3 percent in August to the highest in five months as demand and prices rose. Imports totaled 59.09 million metric tons last month, up from 54.55 million tons in July and the most since

When there is big money to be made, the opium trade, the Gold Rush, Kuwaiti oil, there inevitably follows a degree of dirty tricks or even war and the development of the new BRIC economies is showing the signs that some of the major factions are prepared

China, the world's top steel-producing country, produced a total of 77 million tonnes of finished steel products in August, up 12.9 percent from a year earlier, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Friday.China produced 75.7 million

The African continent has historically meant just one thing to the global coal mining industry: South Africa. However, a new coal power is emerging in the form of Mozambique.

China will import about 66% of the iron ore loaded in the week ended Aug. 25 at Australia’s two largest export facilities, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg.

Asia’s third largest economy, India’s gross imports of all commodities in April-May, 2011, stood at Rs 3,29,376.66 crore, an increase of 31.93% from Rs 2,49,652.61 crore in April-May, 2010.

BHP Billiton could take over running deepwater US Gulf of Mexico operations it shares with British oil giant BP.

European producers will continue to face tough times ahead in 2011 on falling sales figurres for both long and flat steel products in 2011, according to UK consultancy MEPS.

IRC Ltd, a Hong Kong-listed iron ore company mining in Russia, posted its first profit after starting sales from its Kuranakh mine and prices for the steelmaking raw material advanced. Net income for the six months ended June 30 was $3.6 million.

Western Desert Resources has taken another step toward developing an iron ore mine in the Gulf country of Australia's Northern Territory.The company is proposing an open-cut iron ore operation in the Gulf of Carpentaria.