Coal

CoAL awards Optimisation Study and Front End Engineering and Design package to DRA Global’s South African company DRA Projects SA.

Rio Tinto announces 4Q15 results: hard coking and thermal coal production was in line with 2015 guidance, while semi-soft coking coal production was above the top end of the guidance range.

US LNG exports have been vaunted by the US coal industry as cause for rising US gas prices and therefore rising US coal demand. But this hope may be misplaced.

The US government halting new coal leases on federal land while it undertakes a comprehensive review of the federal coal programme has been met with discontent.

The Port of Rotterdam has announced that goods throughput increased by a total 4.9% to 466.4 million in 2015.

Aboitiz Power Corp. has inaugurated its 300 MW baseload power plant in Davao City, Mindanao.

US Bankruptcy Court has approved Arch Coal’s First Day motions, allowing the company to continue to pay wages and continue with agreed debt restructuring.

Coal of Africa receives 20 yr renewal of the Integrated Water Use Licence for its Vele coal mine and its Makhado project, both in the Limpopo Province, South Africa.

Trafigura Group appoints Chin Hwee Tan as the Chief Executive Officer for Asia-Pacific.

CSX Corp. 4Q15 earnings are down compared to 4Q14 but full-year earnings are up. The company generated its first sub-70 full-year operating ratio, despite challenging market conditions.

Tanzania focussed mineral exploration and development company, Kibo Mining plc, announces that three new prospecting licences were issued to Rukwa Coal, which will enhance development of the Mbeya coal to power project.

Energy sector data analysts EnAppSys report on the UK’s electricity generation during 2015 – coal declines as renewables increase.

Pennsylvania anthracite producer, Atlantic Coal, has received shareholder approval for its plans to delist from AIM and change the company name to Atlantic Carbon Group.

Results from the Queensland Resources Council’s annual poll into attitudes towards the state’s resources sector show strong support for the coal industry.

Exports from the Australian state of Queensland hit 220 million t in 2015, an increase of 2% on last year’s record.