Coal

The Chief Executive of the Queensland Resources Council (QRC), Michael Roche, has announced his intention to step down in 2016.

Coal India has partnered with Solar Energy Corp. of India to develop 200 MW of solar power.

HMS Bergbau made a profit of €0.2 million in the 2015 financial year, despite continued galls in the price of coal.

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc. is restructuring its traditional power business in anticipation of a lower projection for US coal generation.

Westmoreland Coal has modified terms of its revolving credit line to provide more flexibility to its seasonal borrowing facilities.

More aggressive supply cuts will see thermal coal prices steady this year and rise to 2020.

The American Coal Association has criticised a White House report into the federal coal leasing programme.

A tentative labour agreement between the Bituminous Coal Operators Association and the United Mine Workers of America has been reached, which, once ratified, will run through 2021.

Cokal is close to completing its relocation of management and administrative functions to Indonesia.

UCG developer Carbon Energy is to investigate installing a solar power plant at its Bloodwood Creek site following a ban on UCG development in Queensland.

TerraCom is in the final stages of negotiations to acquire a mature coal mining operation in Queensland.

The National Mining Association has accused the White House of “political malpractice” over a report into the current structure of the federal coal leasing programme.

Aspire Mining has signed an MoU with Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi to work together to identify optimum blends of Aspire’s Ovoot metallurgical coal with various coals from the Tavan Tolgoi deposit.

US Congressman Gary Palmer has shared a video detailing the stories of Alabama coal miners who have been affected by EPA regulations.

NTPC Ltd and Coal India Ltd have signed an agreement to create a joint venture company that will help revive fertilizer plants in Sindri, Bihar, Gorakhpur and Uttar Pradesh.