
Kidnap and the Energy Industry
Kidnapping remains a problem across the developing world with foreign nationals a particularly attractive target for criminals and militant groups.
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Kidnapping remains a problem across the developing world with foreign nationals a particularly attractive target for criminals and militant groups.

Global leaders meet to collaborate on energy efficiency goals.

Two methane explosions have occurred at the Raspadskaya coal mine in Siberia, trapping miners underground.

Shares in Macarthur Coal have risen, in spite of the threatened resource tax currently being proposed by the Australian government, which has sent other coal companies shares tumbling.

The EPA is proposing to change how coal ash is classified under current waste management law, with a mind to enforcing stricter regulations to limit environmental damage.

Following the announcement on Sunday that a new super tax will be levied on resources, coal seam gas stocks were sent tumbling.

JSW Steel has bought coking mines in West Virginia, USA, to fuel its steel production.

A round up of the main messages from the 2010 Green Collar Energy Forum.

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TransAlta is looking at carbon capture and alternative energy sources to phase out its coal-fired plants and reduce emissions.

Coal India Ltd plans to invest up to US$ 1.7 billion to acquire stakes in five foreign coal mines.

Riversdale Mining has officially opened its Benga coal project in Mozambique, with an estimated potential to produce 20 million ROM tpa of coal for more than 25 years. The company has also signed a contract with MCC to cover open pit mining for the first stage of the project.