VANCOUVER — Six months after Toronto-based Cline Mining (CMK-T) announced a suspension of operations at its wholly-owned New Elk metallurgical (met) coal mine outside of Trinidad, Colorado, the company is still searching for answers.
VANCOUVER – Talk of coal usually focuses on the thermal variety – the lower-carbon black rock burned in generators to produce electricity – to the neglect of the higher-quality variety used in steelmaking. The focus makes…
It has not been a good year for coal. Australian coal loaded at the port of Newcastle, a leading benchmark for global thermal prices, started the year at US$125 per tonne. Today it is worth just US$90 per tonne, a decline of almost 30%.
HD Mining wants to develop an underground coal mine in northern B.C. The resource on its property is as good as it gets in the coal world — high-quality metallurgical coal, the kind used to make steel — and there’s enough of…
Vancouver – HD Mining wants to develop an underground coal mine in northern British Columbia. The resource on its property is as good as it gets in the coal world – high-quality metallurgical coal, the kind used to make steel – and…
Skyrocketing costs are eating into the pocketbooks of miners across the industry and Anglo American (AAL-L, AAUK-Q) is no exception.
Teck Resources (TCK-T, TCK-N) produced a record 99,000 tonnes of copper in the third quarter, up 29% year-on-year, but lower commodity prices and sale volumes for its steelmaking coal sent the miner’s adjusted net earnings down to $349…
A severe 36% year-on-year drop in prices for seaborne iron ore during the third quarter torpedoed earnings for Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF-N). The iron ore and metallurgical coal producer’s consolidated revenues fell 26% to US$1.5…
A severe 36% year-on-year drop in prices for seaborne iron ore during the third quarter torpedoed earnings for Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF-N). The iron ore and metallurgical coal producer’s consolidated revenues fell 26% to US$1.5…
Teck Resources (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) produced a record 99,000 tonnes of copper in the third quarter, up 29%-year-on-year, but lower commodity prices and sales volumes for its steelmaking coal sent the miner’s adjusted net earnings down to $349…
Alpha Natural Resources (ANR-N), the number-two coal miner in the U.S., may have its credit ratings lowered by Standard & Poor’s after curbing production and shutting eight coal mines, to stay profitable as demand drops.
Australia’s biggest miners say the Queensland government’s latest move to hike royalties on coal operations will cause more job losses and project cancellations in the troubled sector.
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