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China coal mine blast traps 50 underground: Xinhua
Aug 30, 2012 (AFP)
A gas explosion at a coal mine in southwest China has trapped 50 miners underground, state media said Wednesday, in the latest disaster to hit the country's tro...
China coal mine accident kills six: report
Aug 29, 2012 (AFP)
Six miners have died in a coal mine accident in northwest China's restive Xinjiang region, according to the country's official Xinhua news agency. The accident ...
Australia's Sundance accepts revised Hanlong offer
Aug 27, 2012 (AFP)
Australian iron ore company Sundance Resources said Monday it had accepted a revised takeover offer from China's Hanlong in a deal worth about Aus$1.4 billion (...
China's Yancoal Australia reviews expansion plans
Aug 20, 2012 (AFP)
China-backed Yancoal Australia said Monday it has put expansion plans at all seven of its mines under review to keep costs down as weaker demand from key north ...
BHP warns of Australian job cuts
Aug 16, 2012 (AFP)
Global mining giant BHP Billiton warned Thursday of job losses at its Australian operations as it grapples with China's slowdown and ongoing turbulence in Europ...
53 rescued from China coal mine: state media
Jul 27, 2012 (AFP)
Fifty-three rescuers sent in to recover five trapped coal miners at a colliery in southwest China had to be pulled to safety Thursday after they too became stuc...
Huge Australian coal mine wins conditional approval
May 29, 2012 (AFP)
A huge Aus$6.4 billion (US$6.3 billion) coal mine in Australia's Galilee Basin owned by Indian infrastructure giant GVK and the world's richest woman Gina Rineh...
Russia expands presence on Spitsbergen
May 24, 2012 (Voice of Russia)
Russia is expanding its presence on Spitsbergen. About 2 billion rubles, or $70mn, will be earmarked for Russia's coal mining projects on the archipelago over t...
Australia scraps coal port expansion
May 22, 2012 (UPI)
Australia has scrapped the planned $8.8 billion expansion of the Abbot Point coal terminal in Queensland. Queensland Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney on Monday said t...
Trapped China miner found after 17 days: state media
May 19, 2012 (AFP)
A miner who was buried underground for 17 days following a colliery flood in northeast China was found alive on Saturday, state media said. The survivor was in ...
China's coal miners still at risk
May 08, 2012 (UPI)
Mining accidents in China have called into question the safety of the country's mining sector. The most recent accident, on Sunday in north China's Inner Mongol...
Nine die in China coal mine blast
Apr 24, 2012 (AFP)
Nine coal miners were killed and 16 injured in a blast at a colliery in northern China on Monday, state media said, the latest accident to hit the notoriously d...
Buy coal? New analysis shows purchasing fossil fuel deposits best way to fight climate change
Apr 16, 2012 (SPX)
Environmental policy has historically been driven by a demand-side mindset - attempting to limit consumption of precious fossil fuels through pollution permits,...
At least 15 dead in two China mine floods
Apr 15, 2012 (AFP)
At least 15 miners were killed in two mine floods in China over the weekend, as rescuers frantically pumped mining shafts in search of seven still missing in th...
Coal India faces government pressure
Apr 04, 2012 (UPI)
The Indian government issued a rare presidential directive ordering Coal India Ltd. to sign fuel supply agreements with power plants. The presidential order fol...
China's Chalco to buy stake in Mongolian firm
Apr 02, 2012 (AFP)
China's biggest aluminium producer Chalco said Monday it planned to take a majority stake in Mongolian coal miner SouthGobi Resources, as China seeks raw materi...
Xstrata coal mine gets green light
Mar 28, 2012 (UPI)
Mining giant Xstrata has received the go-ahead for its $6.3 billion Wandoan mine in Australia, potentially the largest thermal coal mine in the southern hemisph...
India's coal contracts in question
Mar 26, 2012 (UPI)
India lost about $210 billion in revenue because of underhand coal deals, a report says. A draft report by India's comptroller and auditor-general, leaked to Th...
Poisonous gas prevents rescue of 17 Chinese miners
Mar 25, 2012 (AFP)
Poisonous fumes were preventing efforts to rescue 17 Chinese miners trapped underground for three days, an official and state media said on Sunday. On Thursday,...
China in bid to rescue 17 miners trapped after deadly blast
Mar 23, 2012 (AFP)
Chinese rescue workers battled Friday to free 17 miners trapped for more than 48 hours in a northeast colliery following a gas blast that left five dead, a loca...
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