Coal

US electricity generation from natural gas exceeded that from coal in July for only the second time ever.

A round-up of some of this week’s key news items from the international coal industry, from project updates to the latest statements on HELE coal technologies and CCS.

CEO of the World Coal Association provides an outlook on the EIA’s 2015 World Energy Outlook Special Report on Southeast Asia.

Patriot Coal Corp. announces that it will start a plan of reorganisation.

Geoscientists and engineers’ open letter to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change emphasises storage of CO2 for carbon capture and storage is secure, safe and important in contributing to climate change mitigation.

Resource Capital Fund V LP announces it plans acquires additional shares of Buffalo Coal Corp.

RC Inspection Group’s RCI Analytical Services, based in Mongolia, is now ISO 17025 accredited – the company’s second accredited laboratory.

New market members have joined globalCOAL ahead of physical metallurgical coal trading platform launch.

Atlantic Coal plc reports further trading update for the nine months ended 30 September 2015.

With the closing of Flinders operations nearing, Alinta Energy reiterates it is working closely with employees and the South Australian government to help them through this transition to closing.

Solid Energy is considering potentially ending production at its Huntly East mine in Waikato, New Zealand, due to the company seeing the underground coal mine as not profitable and unsalable.

Benjamin Sporton, CEO of the World Coal Association, explains why more investment in low-emission coal technologies is needed.

Aspire Mining Ltd has positioned itself as a Mongolian focused metallurgical coal explorer building up its coal property portfolio during the last 12 months.

Patriot Coal has issued a supplemental WARN notice to employees in accordance with the terms of the agreements to sell a majority of its asset to Blackhawk and VCLF.

Consol Energy Inc. completes the closing of two separate asset sale transactions. The Pittsburgh-based producer of coal receives US$101 million for the sale of assets.