Coal

Anne-Claire Howard selected as the next Executive Director of Bettercoal, effective January 2017.

According to the US Energy Information Administration, the share of US electricity fuelled by coal is expected to slowly begin growing when compared to the same period last year.

New Colombia Resources Inc. has entered into a joint venture to build out metallurgical coal Concession Contract JC3-15231 located in Cucuta, Colombia.

Sales revenues from coal were up on the previous quarter as the company benefitted from higher coal prices for its Indonesian and Australian coal.

GCM Resources has reported its preliminary results for the year ended 30 June 2016 and indicated it remains positive on the potential of the Phulbari coal and power project.

Chinese government policies will support higher coal prices, according to new report from Wood Mackenzie.

Following media reports, Wesfarmers has confirmed that it is looking into the sale of its Curragh and Bengalla coal mines.

A scandal over payments related to the Simandou iron ore project claims the scalps of two Rio Tinto executives, including the head of its coal business.

The World Coal Association has welcomed the latest edition of the International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook 2016.

The World Coal Association has welcomed the publication of Global Status of CCS: 2016 report.

The Queensland Resources Council in Australia calls for a taskforce to urgently review the Workers’ Compensation Scheme’s ability to deal with some cases of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis.

The mining union has urged US lawmakers to act to ensure health care and pension benefits for coal retirees in the last session of the current congress.

Higher coal prices saw Geo Energy record a profit of US$7.5 million in 3Q16.

The American Coal Council has welcomed the election of Donald Trump to the US presidency.

The World Coal Association (WCA) is calling for support of low-carbon coal technologies at COP22 in Marrakech, where the “rule book” governing the implementation of the Paris Agreement will be established.