
Pike River coal mine update
An update on the rescue efforts at the Pike River coal mine in New Zealand.
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An update on the rescue efforts at the Pike River coal mine in New Zealand.

New research from Policy Exchange shows that Britain and the EU are only on course to meet international carbon targets because emissions have been ‘off shored’ to countries like China.

Plantation Energy Australia has signed a four year supply deal with Mitsui & Co., worth over AU$ 70 million.

Walter Energy Inc. has announced an acquisition proposal and exclusivity agreement with Western Coal Corp. It has also agreed to acquire a 19.8% stake in Western Coal from Audley Capital.

Continental Coal’s South African subsidiary has completed the US$ 35 million acquisition of unlisted South African thermal coal mining and export coal producing company, Mashala Resources.

Caterpillar Inc. and Bucyrus International have entered into an agreement by which Caterpillar will acquire Bucyrus for US $ 8.6 billion, expanding Caterpillar's leadership in the mining equipment industry.

A brief look at the new low carbon collaboration between UK and Indian business leaders the ‘UK-India Business Leaders Climate Group.’

According to the International Energy Agency’s latest World Energy Outlook, much stronger action is needed to accelerate the transformation of the global energy system.

Although plagued by the world’s worst traffic jams, the growth of China’s coal industry shows no signs of stopping. Ng Weng Hoong reports.

Hancock Prospecting has opened its 100,000 t Alpha test pit. The launch represents “the historic first mining of the Galilee Basin,” in Queensland, Australia.

A letter from members of the UN High Level Advisory Group on climate change financing.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change has opened up its carbon capture and storage demonstration programme to projects on gas-fired power plants.