In Britain, the use of coal in electricity generation has declined sharply since the introduction of a carbon tax in 2013, although the country remains a center of coal-mining expertise. Many in the mining industry see no contradiction. They say coal remains the best option in some countries and it would be
Adani Group has cancelled a A$2bn contract with a mining services company for work on its proposed Carmichael coal mine in Australia due to its failure to raise funds for the controversial project. The cancellation of the contract with Downer, an Australian company, on Monday is the latest challenge to hit
On one side, tribal supporters of the power plant and the vast open-pit coal mine that feeds it spent most of the last year fighting furiously to stave off the closure. They hired a top investment banking firm to search for new owners and lobbied in Washington - where coal's self-proclaimed No. 1 fan occupies
Queensland Energy Resources Council chief Ian Macfarlane argues for better recognition for Queensland mining sector. Photo: Glenn Hunt. Coal price estimates in the Mid-Year Fiscal and Economic Review project the coal royalties to Queensland Treasury dropping back to $2.43 billion in 2018-19 with
Griffin Coal employees and their families express their fears at a recent community meeting over the pay cuts. Griffin Coal has refused to accept a Fair Work Commission recommendation that could have ended a nearly two-year long industrial dispute. Fair Work Commission Deputy President Geoffrey Bull
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Three years after the Obama administration lowered the allowable limits for miners' exposure to coal dust, the Trump administration has brought the standards up for review. Federal mining regulators indicated Thursday that they are reconsidering rules meant to protect
The shovels are in the ground at the Carmichael coal mine in Queensland but the bankers have yet to open their wallets. Owned and pushed forward by Indian conglomerate Adani Corp, despite vocal opposition, the project hit another snag today when two of China's major banks refused to bankroll the
"I think it's a very bad signal for coal miners that MSHA is wanting to revisit the issue of coal dust and rock dust as well as diesel exhaust," said attorney Tony Oppegard, who represents miners in safety cases. "I don't think the Trump administration has coal miners' best interests at heart. They're aligned with
Griffin Coal has refused to accept a Fair Work Commission recommendation that could have ended a nearly two-year long industrial dispute. Fair Work Commission Deputy President Geoffrey Bull handed down the recommendation on December 4 in an attempt to resolve the long-standing pay dispute
The National Australia Bank, one of the country's leading banks, announced this week that it will cease financing new thermal coal mining projects, becoming the first major bank in the country to make such a decision. In a move that might signal a significant shift in Australia's energy landscape, one of the
HALIFAX - At the rugged eastern edge of Cape Breton, the twin tunnels of the Donkin mine extend three kilometres under the Atlantic Ocean. At the end of those shafts is a massive coal deposit left untouched for more than three decades - until this year. The rebirth of underground mining in Cape Breton
For the first time ever, a coal mine in Canada will have a cap on carbon emissions. On Dec. 13, the federal government approved the Murray River Mining Project near Tumbler Ridge, in northeast B.C.. The project - by HD Mining International - will operate underground to mine metallurgical coal, known
TUMBLER RIDGE, B.C.- The federal government has given the green light to a coal mining project proposed for central B-C. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna announced approval yesterday for the Murray River mining project near Tumbler Ridge. The project -- by H-D Mining International -- will
HALIFAX -- At the rugged eastern edge of Cape Breton, the twin tunnels of the Donkin mine extend three kilometres under the Atlantic Ocean. At the end of those shafts is a massive coal deposit left untouched for more than three decades -- until this year. The rebirth of underground mining in Cape Breton
Hundreds of coal miners in Kazakhstan are refusing to return to the surface until their wages are doubled and working conditions improved. More than 600 miners in the Karaganda region of central Kazakhstan have been underground for four days. The owner of the mines, a subsidiary of the multinational
It features panels fixed to floats on the surface of a lake, which formed after a coal mine collapsed. In a press release, the clean-energy firm said that the station will avoid the use of about 53,000 tonnes of standard coal and reduce emissions by about 199,500 tonnes of carbon dioxide. It is also expected to
The NSW Planning Assessment Commission has refused consent for a coal mine planned for Gloucester, potentially culling a second major mining venture near the mid-north coast town in less than two years. The commission found the economic benefits of the Rocky Hill open-cut coal project sought by
On Wednesday, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna, announced the federal Cabinet's decision to approve the Murray River Mining Project, located near Tumbler Ridge. The project, by HD Mining International Ltd., will mine metallurgical coal, or coking coal, which contains
BOONVILLE, Ind. - Alcoa still plans to restart its smelter in Warrick County next year but is fighting new coal mining regulations passed by the Boonville City Council. Three shuttered smelter lines at Alcoa Warrick Operations are expected to return online in the second quarter of 2018, according to the
A study led by Jason Rentfrow, from the University of Cambridge's Department of Psychology, found that people who live in former Nineteenth Century coal mining areas in England and Wales are on average 33% more neurotic than those who live elsewhere. The research, published in the Journal of