Coal

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.

Chairman and CEO, Doug Oberhelman, has elected to retire, effective 31 March 2017.

SUEK has produced 78.9 million t of coal during the January to September 2016 period – a 15% increase over the same period in 2015.

Lighthouse Resources commences shipments of US Powder River Basin coal to Asia through Westshore Terminals in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Representatives from the US and Norwegian departments of Energy were present when ION Engineering started its groundbreaking test campaign at TCM.