The tax claim by PNG authorities for 523 million kina dragged St Barbara shares down more than one-third on Tuesday, wiping $100 million from its market capitalisation. The Simberi gold mine in ...

AKABIRA, Hokkaido -- A former coal mine here that was closed in 1994 is still attracting visitors aspiring to see the rare sight of a shaft mouth. A shaft tower, which stands out with its striking ...

The Alberta government has announced plans to ban new mountaintop removal and open-pit coal developments on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, but the new rules wouldn’t apply to ...

Bougainville was PNG’s economic powerhouse for two decades until 1989, when a bloody civil war erupted over revenue from Panguna, the world’s third-biggest open cut gold and copper mine and ...

Alberta has announced plans to draft new rules that will see mountaintop removal mining and open-pit coal developments prohibited on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains. In a statement on ...

Weary Ukrainian civilians escaping war arrive every day. They come from the chain of coal mining towns that line this east-west highway. The E-50 connects Dnipro, Ukraine's fourth-largest city ...

Rio Tinto Group contributed to widespread damage due to waste left at an abandoned copper mine in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, and risks to local communities are ongoing, a report has found.

The island, which has been seeking independence from Papua New Guinea since the late 1980s, is looking for funds to start mining activities in Panguna, with the approval of Port Moresby.

Northback Holdings has applied for three new exploration permits for a coal mine at Grassy Mountain in Alberta’s Crowsnest Pass, even though the same project has been previously rejected by both ...

Liberty Coal, which assumed control of Optimum Coal Mine after it was taken out of business rescue in April, has hit back at Kego Mining’s claims that it was innocent of illegal mining.

Alberta is developing a new coal policy nearly three years after it instituted a moratorium on coal exploration in the wake of a furious public backlash against mining. The proposed changes are ...

EDMONTON - The Alberta government has announced plans to ban new mountaintop removal and open-pit coal developments on ... projects like a contentious mine proposed for the Crowsnest Pass.