The Latest Breaking News from Coal

Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE:BTU) has abandoned its planned $3.8 billion purchase of steelmaking coal assets from Anglo American (OTC:AAUKF), citing a material adverse change following a March fire at the Moranbah North mine in Australia. The incident left the mine idled with no clear timeline for resuming longwall production.

No injuries have been reported after the large fireball was seen exploding into the air, authorities said.

BHP has delivered record production across several metal groups, but sluggish commodity prices and one state's royalty regime have chiselled away at earnings.

David Crisafulli says LNP ‘not touching’ policy charging rates among world’s highest, as conservationists rubbish industry claims levy causing downturn

Renewables face a bureaucratic maze in a country built on top-down and carbon-intensive development

U.S. Steel says preparations for a routine maintenance task may have led to an explosion at a U.S. Steel coal-processing plant near Pittsburgh that left two dead, sent 10 to hospitals and damaged part of the sprawling facility

Glencore says it is working with state and federal governments to minimise the impact of flora and fauna in the 680ha area west of Mackay

Giving up the region will have ‘catastrophic consequences’, say experts

Because something is happening here but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones?– Bob Dylan, Ballad of a Thin Man, Highway 61 Revisited, 1965. I was offered my first job in Mumbai on a very rainy day in September 2005, a few weeks after we had celebrated the…

Researchers have come up with a bold plan to extract rare earth metals, critical to defence, technology and renewables, using coal mining waste.

Profits are up for Australia's largest energy company despite challenges from the price of coal, energy tariffs and power plant uncertainty.