A large proportion of the South African mining industry will grind to a halt today as the country enters a 21-day lockdown to limit the spread of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe announced yesterday that mining operations are to be ‘scaled down...
Australia’s main heavy industries trade union has called for a temporary stoppage of production at all Queensland mines after a fourth fatality in just six months occurred at a mine site on Sunday. A 27-year old man suffered fatal head injuries at the Baralaba North coal...
The Trump administration has unveiled plans to reverse Obama-era carbon emissions regulations that restricted new coal plants, despite government data revealing that coal use in the US is at its lowest level in decades. A new proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would replace an...
Glencore (LSE:GLEN) will purchase Rio Tinto’s (ASX:RIO) Hail Creek coal mine in Queensland for US$1.7 billion, in a deal which highlights a divergence in attitudes to the coal industry between Glencore and its rivals. The deal will see Rio transfer its 82% interest in Hail Creek...