A new era of coal is upon us.

The Pebble mineral project is said to be one of the biggest unexploited copper-gold-molybdenum prospects in the world. It also happens to be located in the delicate natural ecosystem of South Western Alaska.

Despite what you read from the financial newsletter industry, there aren’t many secrets left in the mining sector.

The price action in the Aussie share market is starting to look like a pinball game.

There has been little said about BHP Billiton Ltd.’s (BHP) attempted takeover of Rio Tinto PLC (RTP) in recent months, but the proposal is far from dead.

Is BHP Billiton (ASX: BHP) a serious oil player? Or, let’s put it this way.

We have set ourselves a mighty task in today’s Daily Reckoning, dear reader. We aim to prove to you how short-sighted, smug, and shallow the mainstream press is. This may not be as big a task as it first sounds, given the quality of a lot of journalism. But we take on one of the central myths of the modern economy today: that consumption leads to prosperity.

Are you getting dizzy yet trying to keep track of all the takeover activity in the Aussie market? From the big fish to the little fish, all of fishes in Australia’s resource ocean are on the Chinese menu.

What an interesting week this promises to be. The Reserve Bank meets tomorrow to decide if Aussie consumers have slowed down their spending enough that the cash rate can be kept on hold. Let’s hope you didn’t eat a cake this weekend.

Yesterday’s big bid by British Gas for Origin Energy puts coal seam methane (firmly in the spotlight). Recently we published a map showing Queensland’s coal properties, including the location of coal seam methane projects in the Surat Basin.