Coal

KE, CDTO, and CMEC enter into a binding tripartite joint development agreement for the development of the coal-fired power project at Port Qasim.

Clean Coal Technologies Inc. successfully completes the transfer of their test plant to AES facility at Shady Point in Oklahoma.

AQA launches new Tech-level qualifications to address the skills shortages in Business, Engineering, and IT.

Wescoal Holdings Ltd appoints Izak van der Walt as the new CFO of the company.

Thermal Powertech Corp. India commences full commercial operation.

The US Energy Information Agency provides a forecast on short-term outlooks on US coal exports, supply, consumption and prices.

The Weir Group elects Ricardo Garib as new Minerals Division Managing Director.

Foresight Energy LP, a Delaware limited partnership, appoints Mr G Nicholas Casey, Jr. as a new independent member of the Board of Directors of its general partner.

Duke Energy and the US government have come to an agreement to end the federal Clean Air Act case filled against the company in 2000.

Thermal coal prices to stabilise between US$50 and US$60 per tonne and weak demand limits upside potential, while cost pressures provide a price floor.

Seaborne metallurgical prices will remain subdued in the short term as demand from China weakens further.

In the build up to COP21, the World Coal Association appoints Milagros Miranda Rojas as the new Policy Director.

Benjamin Sporton, CEO of the WCA, emphasises the importance of cleaner coal technologies with particular focus on high-efficiency low-emission (HELE) coal technologies at Clean Coal Day Japan.

US coal production for the week ending 29 August rose for the fourth straight week, narrowing the gap to last year’s totals significantly in recent weeks, according to the latest report from the US Energy Information Agency.

A round-up of some of this week’s key news items from the international coal industry, from updates on projects to the latest technological developments.