Chuitna River residents are going to court to fight a coal mine being built in their area.
Residents filed an appeal with the Alaska Superior Court Monday.
The suit challenges Natural Resources Commissioner Tom Irwin’s refusal to consider a petition designating land within the Chuitna River watershed as unsuitable for surface coal mining.

Construction major Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (L & T) has bagged a contract worth 28 million euros ($ 44.13 million or Rs.1.70 billion) from China, the world’s largest and heaviest coal gasifier plant.
The Hebi Coal and Electricity Ltd., a subsidiary of Zhong Yuan Coal Chemical Industry Group’s mission.
Information of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), an [...]

Asia faces the threat of higher inflation, slower growth and tougher times for exporters after oil prices hit new highs and the dollar plunged last week.
Farmers, miners and oil companies could benefit from high commodity prices. But most of Asia is dependent on imported energy and raw materials, and even some oil-exporting countries such as [...]

For major mining companies such as Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, the future life is a combination of their exploration work and enterprise: to find things on their own, to be approached by other companies in deals , or make acquisitions.
Rio growth with Alcan bought last year and is now off fighting an attempt by [...]

The Minister of Energy and Resources, Peter Batchelor, says a new online service inventory Victoria’s brown coal reserves will help to attract investors to the state.
The database will allow mining companies and investors from around the world to access data on the location and quantity of coal resources. It will also identify possible sites for [...]

Australia is the oil and the poor must intensify exploration in the context of efforts aimed at ensuring the country’s energy security, the federal Minister of Energy says Martin Ferguson.
There are hundreds of years, the value of coal and gas, but only one to two decades of known resources of oil and condensate, he said.
“The [...]

Against a backdrop of rising iron ore prices, Brazilian steel producers should maintain high profit margins relative to their global peers during 2008, according to Fitch Ratings. Brazilian steel companies enjoy important competitive advantages, including modern production facilities, close proximity to sources of iron ore and a highly concentrated domestic market, which limits competition based [...]

Some 1,500 coal miners staged a mass rally on Thursday on the front lawn of the state Capitol to protest legislation that they fear could eliminate their jobs.
The rally came two days after lawmakers narrowly defeated a bill aimed at stopping mining companies from blasting off mountaintops to expose coal deposits.
Gov. Steve Beshear made a [...]

Eskom has increased the coal stockpiles at power stations to an average of thirteen days, the utility said on Saturday.
Spokesperson and chief generation officer, Brian Dames, said of the five power stations with the lowest stockpile-days only one remained below the desired level.
Eskom announced that it aimed to secure 45 million tons of coal over [...]

The government in Hegang city, where a coal mine fire on Wednesday left 13 miners trapped, issued an urgent circular on Sunday asking that all 106 coal mines in the city halt production. The directive applies even to licensed facilities.
The government sent more than 106 staff to monitor all mines around the clock to ensure [...]