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Prices of coking coal futures in China hit their ceiling for a second successive session on Tuesday, amid market chatter about potential government inspections in China's major coal production hubs...
Indonesia's mining ministry has drawn up a list of 18 projects worth $38.6-billion to develop the country's natural resources and handed them over to sovereign wealth fund Danantara Indonesia on...
South Africa Manganese finished the financial year strongly, South32, the Johannesburg-, Sydney- and London-listed diversified mining company reported on Monday, July 21. June quarter sales soared...
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Iron-ore futures surged to their highest levels in nearly five months on Monday, buoyed by the announcement of construction on the world's largest hydropower dam and firm steel mill margins. The...
ASX-listed Yancoal Australia has moved to increase its stake in the Moolarben Joint Venture (MJV), exercising pre-emptive rights to acquire an additional 3.75% interest for A$110.5-million. The...
Russian coal firms will receive tax breaks worth an estimated 63-billion roubles ($804.08-million) this year, the Finance Ministry said on Friday, in a move aimed at helping producers to stay...
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Commodities major BHP on Friday warned of rising costs and possible delays at its flagship Canadian potash project and confirmed it is considering selling its suspended nickel business, as part of...
While initiatives to modernise Southern Africa’s mineral logistics corridors and improve cross-border cooperation are gaining traction, the pace of reform is still too slow to match the rising...
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ASX-listed Yancoal Australia produced 17-million tonnes of run-of-mine (RoM) coal across its operations for the quarter ended June 30, aligned with the company’s forecast and up 12% from the first...
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Eskom reports that repowering projects with a combined capacity of 5 GW are currently under development across six coal power station sites and that it is aiming to implement 2 GW by 2026, mostly...
Iron-ore futures climbed on Wednesday, buoyed by strengthening ties between top producer Australia and leading consumer China, though gains were capped by concerns over persistent weakness in...
Major miner BHP has said it is too costly for Australia to build a "green iron" industry after the country and China agreed this week to jointly work to decarbonise the steel supply chain,...
South Africa's mining production increased by 0.2% year-on-year in May, with iron-ore having made the largest positive contribution and manganese ore and coal the largest negative contributions....
Coal miner MC Mining has started implementation of a revised business plan at its Uitkomst Colliery, in KwaZulu-Natal. The revised plan involves significant operational changes to position the...
China's coal output in the first six months of the year rose 5% on the year, data from the statistics bureau showed on Tuesday, as authorities focus on ensuring sufficient supply of the fuel as...
Indonesia, the world’s biggest coal exporter, may impose an export levy on the fossil fuel in a bid to boost state revenues, according to local media reports that cited a government minister. The...
Queensland-based miner Bowen Coking Coal said on Tuesday that it had received a A$15.3-million demand notice from former mining contractor BUMA Australia, sending the ASX-listed company's stock...
Queensland miner Bowen Coking Coal has moved to reduce operations at its Burton Mine Complex, shifting to an owner-operator model and cutting production in response to a downturn in global steel...
Australia and China should cooperate more closely over green steel, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in Shanghai on Monday, even as he called on the world's largest steelmaker to address excess...
China's June coal imports fell to the lowest monthly level in over two years, General Administration of Customs data showed on Monday, as the country's miners ramped up domestic production to...
ASX-listed Athena Resources has signed a memorandum of understanding with Warradarge Energy and Fenix Resources to develop a green iron project in Western Australia’s Mid West. The three parties...
Turnkey crushing and quarrying solutions company Gold Rock Projects has completed the manufacture of a new two-stage, three-product aggregate plant – the Marsay 100 TPH – for a client in Nigeria....
The Trump administration said it permitted a proposed coal mine in Claiborne County, Tennessee on Tuesday under an expedited process aimed at accelerating federal environmental reviews of energy...
Australia's Mining and Energy Union (MEU) said on Wednesday workers at Glencore's underground coal mine in New South Wales began a 24-hour strike action in the afternoon, demanding wage hikes to...
US President Donald Trump is scheduled this week to meet the leaders of five African nations that will potentially offer American businesses opportunities in critical minerals and other natural...
Global banks channeled more than $385-billion to the coal power industry over the past three years, with annual flows increasing last year from 2023, according to analysis by a group of nonprofits....
ASX-listed Australian Pacific Coal (AQC) has effectively relinquished control of its Dartbrook mine in New South Wales following administrator and receiver appointments amid a debt default to...
Blackouts in the US could double by 2030 amid an expected increase in power demand brought on by AI, according to a Trump administration report that blames the expected energy shortfall on the...
Shanghai Platinum Week kicked-off today in China where the silver-white transition metal with the symbol Pt and atomic number 78 has been declared strategic under the State Council’s New Energy...
Indonesia's nickel miners' association APNI on Friday urged the government to ensure mining quotas continue to be valid for three years to maintain a consistent business climate, rather than...
A coal mine on the western edge of the Mmamabula coalfield, southern Botswana.
Polish state-controlled coal miner JSW renewed on Thursday its request for a 1.6-billion zloty ($443.6-million) refund of the "solidarity levy", a windfall tax on excess profits, as it faces...
French uranium miner Orano said on Wednesday its majority-owned joint venture with Niger, SOMAIR, is on the verge of bankruptcy as a result of export restrictions imposed by Niger's military...
Indonesia plans to cut the duration of mining quotas back to one year from the current three years to improve governance in the sector and better control coal and ore supplies, Mining Minister...
The Energy Council of South Africa is strongly supportive of the goal of launching the initial phase of the South African Wholesale Electricity Market (SAWEM) in early 2026, arguing that the...
Nasdaq-listed Ramaco Resources said on Tuesday that a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) by Fluor had found its Brook mine project to be commercially and technologically feasible, with a...
South Africa has a huge opportunity “right now” to grow its mining sector so that mining is able to provide prosperity for the entire nation, Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane...
Indian State-owned miner NMDC on Tuesday said it is exploring acquisition opportunities for critical minerals in Africa, Australia and South America, as part of its global mineral diversification...
Coal used to make steel got a break in the latest version of President Donald Trump's tax bill, a subsidy that could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars over 10 years for a fuel that is mostly...
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