Coal

Daniel Gall has been appointed Chief Finance Officer of ASX-listed coal company, Baralaba Coal.

Rio Tinto has appointed two executives to its management team.

Azad Bhura has resigned as director of Wollongong Coal for unspecified personal reasons.

TerraCom has finalised an AUS$ million placement to new and existing institutions and sophisticated investors.

Glencore has bought out its joint venture partners at the Newlands and Collinsville coal mines in Queensland’s Bowen Basin.

Mechel expects contract prices for its metallurgical coal to be substantially higher in 1Q17 on the back of strong spot prices.

TDJ Group has acquired Kopex S.A. and the transaction will allow the restructuring of Kopex Group to continue.

Corsa Coal is taking a series of measures to boost production of metallurgical coal to take advantage of strong pricing for the commodity on international markets.

The man who led Stanmore Coal through the acquisition and start-up of Isaac Plains coal mine is to leave the company.

James L. Shedd, Jr has been appointed as the new CEO of Intra Energy and will be stationed in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

The US Securities Exchange Commission is investigating Rio’s US$3 billion writedown of Rio Tinto Coal Mozambique.

Contura Energy has reached an agreement with the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection over accusations of fraud by the regulator relating to the restructuring of Alpha Natural Resources.

FirstEnergy announces new plans for sustainable management of its Bruce Mansfield plant's coal combustion residuals.

The head of the Italian Coal Association has called on the International Energy Agency to produce official studies on the pre-combustion emissions of coal and natural gas.

The agreements are associated with 2017, which has been proclaimed the year of the environment in Russia.