Special reports

With high rates of turnover in both senior site-based and headquarters roles, there is an urgent need for clear leadership succession strategy in mining.

Why recent changes matter for global thermal coal markets?

The imminent demise of coal is about as likely as boarding a solar-powered commercial aircraft for your next holiday.

To save hundreds of millions of people from poverty it is necessary to use more coal, along with the best combustion technologies, and more renewable sources.

With some signs of recovery in the mining industry, the focus of mining companies should be shifting to ensuring they have the best talent available to succeed in the future markets of higher demand.

Talk of the demise of Australian coal production is largely political, not economic.

Indian electricity generation growth set to soar in the next few years driving demand for imported coal, while China’s coal imports will fall away.

The US coal industry is facing unprecedented challenges and many US coal companies facing a real cash squeeze. Is it time for them to look abroad to start looking abroad to ensure their survival.

The most powerful leaders in the West used the G7 summit in Germany to make a big statement on the environment. Their stated goal is to end all fossil-fuel use by 2100. Prof. Paul Younger explains why that's unlikely to happen.

With a number of mining majors threatening to pull out of the South African coal mining industry, political moves to declare coal a strategic mineral, and Eskom facing serious financial difficulties, the challenges facing the industry are mounting up.

Ensuring black empowerment is a key part of the South African government's attitude towards the mining sector, which has been long dominated by white men. But what this means in practice is still debated.

Taiwan imported about 52 million t of thermal coal in 2014 with volumes expected to grow 2.5% per year on average to 2019.

With prices remaining low and mines up for sale around the world, Stephen Duck, CRU, looks for the M&A opportunities in the metallurgical coal market.

The coal mining industry is a significant user of water, making proactive water management a vital part of mine planning.

With its economy in a funk and political interference an increasing problem, South Africa continues to be a challenging and unpredictable place for mining companies to do business.