Coal

Australian coal miner, Glencore, may idle its Collinsville coal mine in north Queensland for three weeks and lay off 80% of staff.

LUXI Chemical Group Co has selected Honeywell process technology and automation controls to convert coal to key plastic building blocks.

Eskom has provided a notice to finish its Arnot mine coal supply agreement with Exxaro, ending Exxaro’s coal supplies from the mine to the Arnot power plant in Mpumalanga.

THEnergy has realised that many of the large mining companies have started to focus on short-term actions regarding powering their mines following COP21.

Results from a bankable feasibility study have indicated that Paringa Resources’ Buck Creek No. 1 coal mine will have a low capex, low opex FOB barge and be a high-margin coal mine.

Coal-fired power, coal mining and coal terminals face significant credit risk from environmental regulation, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

A round-up of some of this week's key news items from the international coal industry, from updates on coal-fired power plants to the latest sales and acquisitions.

DTEK Energy, a Ukraine energy company, has reported its coal mining companies coal production, supply and electricity generation for nine months of 2015.

TAURON has reported coal extraction and higher sales volumes have helped the company’s mining business to increase earnings.

Coal of Africa (CoAL) and Universal Coal have agreed the terms of an offer that would see CoAL acquire Universal for AUS$91 million.

Carbon Clean Solutions launches a test campaign at pioneering Technology Centre Mongstad, with intentions to bring its patented technology to commercial readiness.

Rio Tinto’s Bengalla opencast coal mine has taken on five new electrical and plant mechanic apprentices.

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Ltd. it will provide an ultra-supercritical-pressure boiler and flue gas desulfurisation system for a 1000 MW capacity expansion project at an existing coal-fired power generation plant in Cirebon, Indonesia.

Auqatech will supply a water treatment facility to Chinacoal Group’s coal-to-chemicals project in order to recycle coal mine waterwaste and eliminate discharge.

The Electric Power Research Institute appoints two new interim members of the Board of Directors.