South Africa's mining production decreased by 2.8% year-on-year in March, with platinum group metals (PGMs) and gold having been the largest negative contributors and iron-ore the largest positive... 

Midtier mining and materials company Afrimat has reported a significant decline in operating profit for the 12 months ended February 28. Group revenue increased by 36.7% from R6.1-billion in the... 

Chinese coal prices remain locked in a downward spiral due to a persistent glut of the fuel, according to the country’s top industry group. The optimism that’s taken hold in the wake of China’s... 

Independent, nonprofit economic research institution Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) has launched a Just Transition Labour Centre to help develop the technical expertise required as a... 

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokogopa has reaffirmed that deliberations at the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) are the “last step left” ahead of... 

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has fingered cumulative outage slippages of 3 100 MW as the reason behind South Africa’s latest bout of loadshedding – the sixth this year.... 

Over 100 federal employees who screen coal miners for black lung disease and research other respiratory disease who had been terminated as part of sweeping government layoffs have had their jobs... 

Ethiopia has signed investment deals for its minerals and energy sectors worth more than $1.7-billion, mostly with Chinese firms, its finance ministry said. The East African nation, which struck a... 

Mining company Menar is very hopeful that trade relations between South Africa and the US are normalised very soon, and points out that if they are not, the US will also be adversely affected and... 

Ndalamo Resources subsidiary Ndalamo Energy has confirmed in a prefeasibility study (PFS) the viability of the Wonderfontein Colliery as an ideal site for new-energy initiatives. The study, the... 

Australia-listed Jameson Resources has reaffirmed the reserve for its Crown Mountain hard coking coal project in Canada's British Columbia, following a feasibility update that reflects updated... 

The main labour union at South Africa’s state port and rail company said it will continue talks next week aimed at resolving a wage dispute and averting a potential strike. Negotiations will take... 

Serious questions continue to be raised about both the content of the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) for electricity currently being discussed at the National Economic Development and Labour... 

ASX-listed Yari Minerals has entered into a binding agreement to acquire Resource Chain, the owner of the Rolleston South coal project in Queensland’s Bowen basin, adding a significant Joint Ore... 

India on Wednesday changed rules to allow long-term coal supply contracts for so-called independent power producers as it looks to ramp up its coal-powered plant capacity. The government also did... 

With support from key industry players, a new initiative led by nonprofit research organisation Coaltech will see the development of South Africa’s first sector-wide framework for managing and... 

British Columbia’s mining sector could generate as much as $90-billion in economic activity from 27 projects currently in advanced stages of development, according to a study commissioned by the... 

Eskom CEO Dan Marokane has indicated that the State-owned utility is planning to “smooth” its maintenance profile over a longer horizon to avoid the security-of-supply risks currently associated... 

US-based Peabody Energy has issued a material adverse change notice to Johannesburg- and London-listed Anglo American related to its planned $3.78-billion acquisition of Anglo’s steelmaking coal... 

JSE-listed Exxaro Resources on April 24 reached a mutual separation agreement with Kgabi Masia, its former chief coal operations officer. This development will not affect the company’s operations,... 

The board of the US Export-Import Bank unanimously voted on Thursday to reverse a years-long restriction on lending to coal projects overseas, reflecting President Donald Trump's agenda that calls... 

In an environment where the move towards intelligent drilling continues to gather pace, the Sandvik DR412i rotary drill rig, equipped with scalable surface drill automation architecture, brings new... 

JSE-listed MC Mining’s Makhado steelmaking hard coking coal (HCC) project, in Limpopo, achieved significant development milestones towards commissioning of the coal handling and preparation plant... 

The energy coal produced by Glencore in South Africa in the first three months of this year was up on the first quarter of last year, the London- and Johannesburg-listed mining and marketing... 

Faltering economic growth is coinciding with ample oil supply in ways that are expected to cause a drop in global commodity prices to their lowest level of the 2020s, according to the World Bank’s... 

Australia's Whitehaven Coal warned on Tuesday that weather conditions would put pressure on both metallurgical and thermal coal prices in the near term, while reporting a 5% sequential decline in... 

State-owned electricity producer Eskom has unveiled details of a R321.72-billion capital expenditure (capex) plan for the coming five years, which includes plans for a material rise in grid-related... 

India's coking coal imports will accelerate due to the limited availability of the key steelmaking ingredient amid a ramp-up of steel capacity, the steel secretary said on Friday. Imports of coking... 

Indonesia's push to roll out a government-set price for coal is not gaining traction in top buyer China, undermining Jakarta's attempt to exert more leverage over its commodity exports. Indonesia...