Coal

Chinese metallurgical coal producer, Longmay Group, announced a workforce reduction of 100 000 in September. CRU analyses its impact.

Dr Robert Carroll, Technical Director at UKQAA, explains why there is no cause for concern from the UK government’s announcement to close all power plants by 2025 for the construction industry.

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. has closed the sale of Pinnacle mine in West Virginia and Oak Grove mine in Alabama to Seneca Coal Resources LLC.

The recent Omnibus Spending Bill has been criticised by West Virginia coal groups and politicians as failing to provide any support for the states beleaguered miners.

Southern Generation Technologies signs a letter of intent with Alps Energy and Kellogg, Brown & Root LLC to evaluate the deployment of its coal gasification technology at the new 1000 MW Alps Energy power plant in South Korea.

Average coal demand growth will total just 0.8% to 2020 as Chinese demand remains soft and environmental policies tighten, according to a new report from the IEA.

Westmoreland Coal Co. has extended its long-term coal supply agreement with Saskatchewan Power Corp. from the Poplar River mine.

Pennsylvania anthracite producer, Atlantic Coal, has suspended its AIM listing in order to pursue the acquisition of a larger rival.

Coal of Africa’s proposed takeover of Universal Coal has been approved by Competition Commission South Africa.

Loesche to resell four coal mills, type LM 20.2D and LM 19.2D, from Electrabel Belgium’s coal-fired power plant in Belgium, which decommissioned in 2014.

The US National Mining Association has indicated Paris climate agreement would lead to larger bills for US consumers. It emphasised developing technology for clean coal is a better way to address climate change.

A round-up of the week’s coal news from updates on the latest coal projects to short-term outlooks on US coal production and prices.

WellDog has announced the release of the third generation of its GasMapper coal gas assessment service, extending the service to use in the slim boreholes used widely by the coal mining industry.

Southwest Research Institute-led consortium launches second year of advanced emissions research.

Leigh Creek Energy has signed a non-binding HOA with APT Pipelines Ltd for a gas pipeline connection, marking a key milestone in infrastructure development for the Leigh Creek Energy project.