Cornish Lithium gets $1.7 million funding boost for UK project

Doctors found the victims had levels of lead in their blood that were 17 to 22 times higher than what it is internationally accepted.

The U.S. largest electrical utility, has pleaded guilty to nine criminal violations of the Clean Water Act for polluting four major rivers with coal ash.

Inquiry comes amid claims the mining giants are driving prices down, severely damaging the country's economy .

More than 60 Canadian groups are urging the National Energy Board to suspend its review of TransCanada's application for its Energy East pipeline.

The sell-off includes the state's largest general cargo port, Fremantle.

Once again Asia drove demand, with China and India alone accounting for 54% of the total.

SNL says the closures represent about 4% of installed coal capacity in the U.S. and it will make up a third of nationwide coal plant retirements between 2010 and 2015.

The recurring phenomenon — a warming of the Pacific Ocean as part of a complex cycle linking atmosphere and ocean — has in the past affected mine output, triggering price spikes.

The bank says Anglo could use the funds it gets for dividends and to invest in its much stronger sectors, copper and diamonds.