The following photos are from Australia's Isaac Plains coking-coal mine. Why is Isaac Plains relevant? Well, in 2011 at the height of the Australian mining boom, Japanese conglomerate Sumitomo thought ...

Australian mining firm Stanmore Coal has completed its acquisition of the Wotonga deposit in Queensland from US coal producer Peabody for A$7mn ($4.9mn). It expects to complete its purchase of the ...

SYDNEY, July 30 (Reuters) - Vale and Sumitomo Corp have sold a jointly-owned coal mine in Australia to a local operator for A$1 ($0.73) amid a sector downturn that has claimed thousands of jobs and ...