BHP Billiton targets another $US600 million from coal arm by June 2017 Man pleads guilty to posting abusive comments about Nova Peris on Facebook Mining giant BHP Billiton says it is aiming to earn another $US600 million from its coal business by the end of the 2017 financial year as it seeks...

Hendra Sinadia: the Gov`t Should Offer Incentives Sunday, 19 June, 2016 | 18:08 WIB Hendra Sinadia: the Gov`t Should Offer Incentives   TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The coal mining industry in Indonesia has not performed at its best these past few years. The price of coal has been...

China’s crude production dropped by the most in 15 years in another sign that OPEC’s strategy of flooding markets to drive out higher-cost suppliers is working in the world’s biggest energy consumer. The Asian nation reduced oil output in May by 7.3 percent from a year ago to...

Government sees emissions cuts from more efficient coal plants Carbon capture and storage development needed, METI says Japan, faced with increasing calls from environmentalists to phase out coal, is standing by its support of the fossil fuel, saying it will help developing...

(Bloomberg) — China cut crude production by the most in 15 years as producers shut higher cost fields. The world’s second-largest oil consumer reduced oil output in May by 7.3 percent from a year ago to 16.87 million metric tons, according to data from National Bureau of Statistics...

Coal is set to overtake gas within the next three years as the largest generator of power in Japan as power utilities replace aging nuclear capacity with the fossil fuel, Bloomberg New Energy Finance said. Nuclear power, which accounted for about 29 percent of Japan’s total power output...

European coal prices surged to the highest in 10 months, buoyed by rising fuel prices and supply disruptions. Coal for delivery to northwest Europe next year gained for a ninth day on Monday, adding 3.2 percent to the highest since August 7, according to broker data compiled by Bloomberg. The...

Singapore (Platts)–3 Jun 2016 523 am EDT/923 GMT In a rare move, a Capesize vessel laden with Colombian thermal coal has made its way to the Persian Gulf, according to S&P Global Platts cFlow trade-flow software and trade sources this week. The MV Pioneer, a 171,681 dwt Capesize...

BHP Billiton is stepping up its efforts to bolster the use of technology to capture and store carbon emissions, by funding a joint research program with Peking University, which is aimed at slashing carbon emissions in the industrial sector. The company is already working in the power sector in...

https://govinsider.asia/innovation/how-indonesia-is-mining-its-problems-away/ The Oppenheimer Blue sits in a proportionate cut, emanates azure hues under light, and has been described as “the Mona Lisa of blue stones”. The prized diamond shone at auctioneers in Geneva this May, and...