Coal

On 13 April, Famur Famak S.A. signed an agreement with an Austria-based company Hans Künz GmbH.

The AUS$200 million investment in the Bowen Basin is welcome news for the Australian coal industry.

Although they have been around for a long time, there is still misunderstanding around how waste heat recovery units can be used by the coal industry says Matthew Crewe from waste heat recovery solution specialists Green’s.

David Mason has resigned from the Board of Directors of Intra Energy Corp. to avoid a conflict of interests.

SUEK has reported that in January – March 2017, the company produced 28.4 million t of coal.

National Mining Association (NMA) President and CEO Hal Quinn issued the following statement regarding EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s recent visit to the Harvey Mine.

South 32 were unprepared to go through with the transaction of the colliery in light of unacceptable concessions.

Corsa Coal appoints Hunter Hobson as President of its Central Appalachia Division.

The FIRB approval is a positive step forward for Yancoal, its shareholders and the Hunter Valley.

Bowie Resource Partners announces senior management changes and a new capital injection by the Galena Private Equity Resources Fund.

Anglo American intends to sell Eskom-tied thermal coal operations in South Africa to Seriti Resources Holdings Proprietary Ltd.

World Coal Association welcomes Cerrejón into membership.

Teck Resources Ltd has provided preliminary guidance for 2Q steelmaking coal volumes and costs, and an update to its guidance for 1Q17.

Bathurst Resources Ltd has successfully tendered a coal supply agreement from the company’s Canterbury coal mine.

The MoU gives both companies exclusive rights to work with each other on the development of an initial 60 MW independent power producer (IPP) coal power plant.