Coal

Bankrupt New Zealand coal mining company, Solid Energy, has reached sales agreements for the majority of its assets.

Anglo American completes the sale of its wholly owned interest in the Callide thermal coal mine in Queensland, Australia, to Batchfire Resources Pty Ltd.

BHP Billiton’s Chief Commercial Officer Dean Dalla Valle will leave the company at the end of March 2017.

The natural resources sector delivered just over AUS$55 billion to Queensland’s economy in 2015 – 2016.

Duke Energy comments on new research from Duke University identifying low levels of hexavalent chromium in many drinking water wells far from coal ash basins in the US.

Turkish coal import demand will continue to grow but will be slowed by government support for domestic coal project

Lorito Holdings S.à.r.l. and Zebra Holdings and Investments S.à.r.l each acquire 30 000 000 common shares of Corsa Coal Corp. at a price of US$0.10/share.

US coal company Murray Energy has sold its Utica shale gas reserves for US$63.6 million.

Patriot retirees risk losing their healthcare benefits at the end of the year unless US Congress steps in to provide funding.

Anglo American sees export metallurgical production broadly unchanged but decreases in export thermal coal production for 3Q16.

The Great Lakes Energy Institute (GLEI) of Case Western Reserve University concluded the decline of the nation’s coal industry has been due to market forces and technology.

Rio Tinto’s coal production for 3Q16 totalled 2.3 million t – 54.4% and 13.2% higher than in 2Q16 and 3Q15, respectively.

Rio Tinto’s hard coking coal production for the first nine months of 2016 remained on par with the previous year.

TerraCom has secured a 5.5 year offtake agreement for hard coking coal from its BNU mine with China’s Kingho Group.

Acacia Coal is to buy a majority stake in Riversdale Anthracite Colliery from Rio Tinto.