Coal - 01 April 2016

A round-up of some of this week's key news items from the international coal industry, from recently commissioned coal plants to the latest sales and acquisitions.

Walter Energy has completed the sale of its core assets to Warrior Met Coal – a company owned by its first lien creditors.

CONSOL Energy closes on the sale of the Buchanan mine and other metallurgical coal assets to Coronado for total consideration of US$420 million.

The Colombian Mining Association has joined the World Coal Association as an associate member.

Corsa Coal has seen “signs of improvement” in the metallurgical coal and steel markets.