Special reports

With the issue of Scottish resources raised in the recent independence referendum, Sam Dodson takes a look at Scotland’s coal and other resource industries.

Barry Baxter reports on growth and a bigger US appetite for Colombian coal.

Coal exporting countries will have to deal with cooling demand for coal in China as the government looks to clean up its act.

Transhipment can be the only way to avoid some of the problems associated with developing port infrastructure.

Mongolia once boasted one of the most exciting frontier mining economies in the world but investor interest in the country is fading as government intervention stymies growth.

The US Environmental Protection Agency’s recently proposed carbon dioxide performance standards are not simply implausible, but actually impossible.

Funding CCS is vital for the future of the coal industry. Here’s how it could be done.

Negotiating the challenges and obstacles that face coalbed methane industry players in China.

An in-depth coal handling assessment can help deal with the difficulties of handling sub-bituminous coal.

Coal’s decline is far from certain, as Tokyo abandons its climate goals to tackle the country’s domestic energy crisis.

How to move beyond conventional thinking and achieve operational excellence.

The coal industry should consider lawsuit against the US Environmental Protection Agency under Information Quality Act.

Lobbyists and activists are two sides of the same coin, as both spread misinformation far and wide: finding the fact in the fiction is a vital task for onlookers.

Railway and coal bed methane developments in Botswana.

Australia’s coal industry is planning for the future.