AngloAmerican chief Mark Cutifani said he expects metallurgical coalmines will be mothballed at a rate of one every two or three weeks around the world until enough supply has fallen out of the beleaguered sector to drive a price recovery.

China will ban the import and local sale of coal with high ash and sulfur content starting from 2015 in a bid to tackle air pollution, with tough requirements in major coastal cities set to hit Australian miners.

Cutting production at the largest mining companies in China is on track to do what government officials are hoping: boost coal prices and help shore up the struggling industry.

Indonesian coal exports are expected to drop 11 percent this year due to lower production, a government official said on Friday, as miners grapple with new rules the industry fears will put some firms out of business.

Thermal coal prices mostly declined on Friday as weak demand weighed on prices.

Fitch Ratings says that a meaningful level of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity leading to a consolidation of the coal sector in Indonesia is unlikely, despite the substantial number of distressed coal companies in the country. Sustained weakness in demand and an uncertain price outlook for...

On Sept. 23 the United Nations will host a party for world leaders in New York to pledge urgent action against climate change. Yet leaders from China, India and Germany have already announced that they won’t attend the summit and others are likely to follow, leaving President Obama looking a...

Coal from the island of Sumatra accounts for most of Indonesia’s low-grade lignite, a low-quality coal that receives a poor price in international markets.

  On August 26th, 2014, Adaro attended an award ceremony held by Alpha Southeast Asia, an institutional investment magazine primarily written for asset and fund management companies with focus on Southeast Asia. Alpha Southeast Asia is headquartered in Hong Kong but has bureaus and...

Stories of corruption and resource nationalism still fill Indonesia’s daily news, but they don’t appear to have dented its image entirely. The popular emerging market notched up four places in the latest competitiveness survey from the Geneva-based World Economic Forum, putting it in...