Coal
Coal 'not essential' to human progress, but steel is, says Rio chairman
You can live without coal, but not without steel made from Rio Tinto's iron ore, Simon Thompson tells shareholders at the miner's annual general meeting.
- by Darren Gray
Latest
Coal
Britain goes a week without coal power saying this is 'the new normal'
The last running coal generator in Great Britain went offline at lunchtime May 1 - and it hasn't been missed.
- by Nick Miller
Coal
Key climate ruling against coal mine stands after miner declines to appeal
Gloucester Resources has dropped plans to appeal against a court decision that blocked its planned mine in part because of its climate change impacts.
- by Peter Hannam
Coal
'Headlong into potential disaster': Coal remains king in this country
Scientists agree that coal is choking the planet. But even if Labor wins, there's a limit to how far it will be willing to antagonise the mining industry.
- by Jason Scott
Coal
Boost in Chinese coal raises hopes of end to Australian import curbs
China's boosting of its domestic thermal coal mining has raised hopes its unofficial restrictions on Australian imports may soon lift.
- by Cole Latimer
Protest
Aurizon 'suing to silence coal protesters' in Queensland
Aurizon has stepped up its war against anti-coal protesters, who appear to be fighting the rail freight operator on two fronts.
- by Warren Barnsley
BHP Billiton
Iron ore miners tumble after Vale allowed to restart Brazil mine
Australian iron ore miners have shed more than $7 billion in value after Brazilian courts allowed Vale to re-open operations closed after a series of dam disasters.
- by Cole Latimer
Coal
Chinese firms lift Australian coal orders, as curbs tipped to end
Chinese private power companies have started to buy contracts for Australian thermal coal, which could signal an end to China's import restrictions that have sent prices plummeting.
- by Cole Latimer and Kirsty Needham
Whitehaven Coal
Whitehaven cuts fiscal 2019 production outlook
Whitehaven Coal's saleable coal production fell 3 per cent in the March quarter.
- by Nikhil Subba
Analysis
Coal
Adani still has a long march ahead before its Carmichael coal mine opens
A final approval for Adani's plans to develop a giant coal mine in Queensland's Galilee Basin may well come after the federal election.
- by Peter Hannam and Felicity Caldwell
Melissa Price
Environment Minister Melissa Price signs off on Adani project
The decision follows intense pressure from her Queensland colleagues to sign off on the plan before the federal election.
- by Nicole Hasham