BEIJING – An explosion at a coal mine in central China killed 26 miners who were working despite an order to halt production, officials said Wednesday, while a mine tunnel collapse elsewhere

This year Italy will import 17 million tons of steam coal, up 3% from 2009, and 5.5 million tons of coking coal and PCI, up 37% over last year. Disclosed Mr Andrea Clavarino, Chairman of Assocarboni.

Indonesia, the world largest coal exporter, shipped 23.55 million metric tonnes of coal in October 2010, which is 8.73 percent more compared to September exports of 21.66 million tons.

For decades, entrepreneurs have tried to gather up potato-size rocks that carpet the global seabed. Known as manganese nodules, the rocks are plentiful in nickel, copper and cobalt, as well as manganese and other elements, but lie miles down …

With the exception of Indonesia, the top five coal exporting countries count the cost of mining and moving coal to ports in local currencies but sell coal in U.S. dollars per ton.