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MERGER ACTION
Thursday
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18 Mar 2010
The miner, still fresh from the announcement of the $960m acquisition of Cumberland resources, will continue to look for other coal and natural gas targets
CYCLONE WARNING
Wednesday
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17 Mar 2010
The hay point coal terminal was first closed last Thursday and it has now been decided to keep it shut after news Tropical Cyclone Ului is expected to make land sometime this weekend
EARNINGS NUMBERS
Wednesday
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17 Mar 2010
The US-based coal miner spun off by Rio Tinto said the results were helped by stronger prices from forward sales contracts
MINE CONSTRUCTION FLOODING PRESUMED CAUSE
Monday
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15 Mar 2010
Despite two weeks of rescue efforts including dewatering a flooded coal mine, rescuers finally gave up the search for 31 coal miners trapped underground in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China.
SECURITY OF SUPPLY
Tuesday
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09 Mar 2010
Indian steam coal end-users are looking to secure supply but are finding attractive assets scarce
A GLANCE AT 36 STOCKS THAT BENEFIT
Monday
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08 Mar 2010
Lucky stocks with exposures on the rip as contract negotiations said to see prices up 55% to USD 200 a tonne.
COAL SECTOR
Friday
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05 Mar 2010
The Swiss-based commodity trader will buy back the Colombian operation from Xstrata
COAL PRODUCTION
Friday
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05 Mar 2010
China's target of a 3.3% increase in coal production for the year is at the bottom end of analyst expectations
TIME WILL TELL
Thursday
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04 Mar 2010
The indices, created by Energy Publishing are intended to help the industry move away from annual contract pricing
MINE ACCIDENT
Tuesday
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02 Mar 2010
Rescuers are at work pumping out the water from the coal mine
FRONTIER INVESTING
Tuesday
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02 Mar 2010
The investment version of a benevolent tsunami is again building up in the form of dozens of iron ore stocks on the move.
12-MONTH RALLY REMAINS INTACT
Monday
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01 Mar 2010
Coal stocks, led by seaborne coking coal, remain in excellent demand.
PAYDIRT URANIUM CONFERENCE
Monday
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01 Mar 2010
Author and leading academic Professor Ian Plimer said the lack of a cohesive long-term energy policy in Australia at both Federal and State levels will hold back development of one of the world's most energy rich nations.
GUNNEDAH BASIN
Monday
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01 Mar 2010
Farmers say planned mines could damage water aquifiers that sustain the Gunnedah Basin
EXPECTS A BETTER 2010
Thursday
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25 Feb 2010
The South African coal miner blamed the fall in earnings on a drop in international prices for coal and lessened demand for mineral sands products.
REMAINS OF 65 MINERS NEVER RECOVERED
Friday
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19 Feb 2010
Four years ago today, 65 Mexican miners perished at the Pasta de Conchos coal mine in a powerful methane gas explosion. Three of their widows have sued Grupo Mexico claiming negligence.
320 HOURS OF STOPPAGES IN THE LAST 15 MONTHS
Wednesday
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17 Feb 2010
The strike at the Australian colliery is the latest in a series of disputes between management and workers over wages.
DEALS WORTH AS MUCH AS $1BN COULD BE ON THE CARDS
Wednesday
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17 Feb 2010
In 2009 it was Australia and Canada that drew much of the focus as China sought to expand its base of resource assets. This year, it is Indonesia's islands that are being scoured for opportunities
AWASH WITH MINERAL DEPOSITS
Monday
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08 Feb 2010
Sukhbaatariin Batbold says the decision not to auction the stake in the massive coal project will mean the country will get a greater return on the asset
NUCLEAR RENAISSANCE?
Friday
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05 Feb 2010
A Canadian think tank has challenged the idea that a nuclear renaissance is in full swing stating that new reactor construction is likely to be held back by a variety of issues
STAKE WORTH C$825M
Friday
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05 Feb 2010
The group is selling the stake as part of a bid to reduce its debt load following its acquisition of Fording Canadian Coal Trust
CONTRACT MINING UNDER CONSIDERATION
Friday
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05 Feb 2010
Squeezed in between China and Russia and actively courted by third-party nations and entities, Mongolia is moving to assert its independence over its vast mineral resources.
MINING INDABA
Tuesday
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02 Feb 2010
Anglo American CEO, Cynthia Carroll said the South African mining sector needs to work closely with the power utility to find ways of cutting consumption
BUDGET ANALYSIS
Tuesday
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02 Feb 2010
Proponents of solar, geothermal and wind energy may be jumping for joy as the Obama Administration emphasizes development of a clean energy economy at the expense of fossil fuels and domestic mining.
MINED COPPER OUTPUT DOWN 5%
Monday
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01 Feb 2010
But, the group says that weaker prices and currency effects will dampen profits from the division when it announces results next week
Q4 NUMBERS
Friday
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29 Jan 2010
Net earnings, which missed Wall Street estimates fell to $1.5m from $62.3m
BHP KEEPS A MAJORITY STAKE
Wednesday
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27 Jan 2010
The global miner says it is looking to sell a 20 to 25% stake in the coal project in Indonesia's Kalimantan