Coal

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. has announced that Frank De Costanzo will join the Company as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, effective 30 September.

The companies will have an equal amount of shares.

The National Mining Association (NMA) has said Peabody is the first in the industry to achieve independent certification under the CORESafety® system.

Anglo American appoints Stephen Pearce as its Finance Director, following René Médori's retirement announcement in April.

Coalview Centralia fine coal recovery plant has been awarded the SMART Association’s A-Team Safety Award.

Following metallurgical coal spot prices hitting US$209/short t, Ben Fitzsimmons of Hume Coal has reported that this was extremely positive for the coal industry and those that rely heavily on it.

The Minerals Council of Australia has hit back at claims by The Australia Institute that shutting the coal industry would have little economic impact.

Jameson Resources appoints Joel H. Nicholls to the company’s Board of Directors as a Non-Executive Director and Jeff Bennett will resign following the appointment.

The first phase of Universal Coal’s New Clydesdale Colliery coal mine has been successfully commissioned.

The US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri confirms Arch Coal’s amended plan of reorganisation. The company expects to emerge from Chapter 11 in the coming weeks.

Conuma Coal has completed the acquisition of three metallurgical coal mines in British Columbia from Walter Energy Canada.

Arch Coal has opened nominations for its 2017 Teacher Achievement Awards in West Virginia and Wyoming.

Mike Duncan, President and CEO of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, has decided to step down and Paul Bailey will succeed him as of 1 January 2017.

For the third year in a row, Thai coal company, Banpu, has been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices.

The management of SUEK and Shenhua have met in Moscow to discuss areas of potential cooperation.