Yancoal Australia has completed the acquisition of an 80% interest in the Kestrel coal mine, in Queensland, for $1.85-billion.

Bangladesh should be one of the global LNG industry's success stories, but instead it is a warning sign, a Reuters columnist states.

Glencore on Wednesday won approval to continue operations at its Hunter Valley thermal coal project in Australia until 2045, after a State government found the economic benefits outweighed the environmental impact.

Indonesia, the world’s biggest coal exporter, is failing to tap into soaring prices for the fuel as countries look to offset reduced natural gas supplies from the Persian Gulf.

African critical minerals exploration and development company NeoTerra Group has applied for a $5-million grant under the US-Africa Strategic Investment Program to support the assessment of a strategic opportunity to expand the size and scope of its Monte Muambe fluorspar project, in Mozambique.

Cadence Minerals has confirmed the start of hot commissioning at the Azteca processing plant, as part of the Amapá iron-ore project, in Brazil.

Brazilian mining company Itabiriçu is petitioning the Supreme Court of Texas to review an appellate court’s decision in its long-running lawsuit against industry rival Vale, with Itabiriçu alleging a conspiracy to dominate the Texas iron industry.

Iron-ore major Fortescue’s Christmas Creek Green Metal Project, which features mining technology specialist Metso’s Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) Smelting Furnace technology, has produced its first hot metal in the Pilbara, Western Australia.

Polish utility Tauron said on Wednesday it plans to redevelop its Siersza coal power plant with investments of up to 3.5-billion zlotys ($919-million), adding gas, storage and solar capacity to the site.

Indian power producers' coal imports in August rose to a 15-month high as a heat-wave and lower hydropower generation boosted electricity demand, prompting utilities to turn to costly overseas supplies, traders and analysts said.