Coal

India’s coal consumption is overtaking domestic production and the government has set a coal production target of 1.5 billion t by 2020. The US Energy Information Administration looked at ways to meet this.

JFE Steel Corp. orders a fourth vertical roller mill, LM 28.3 D, which produces pulverised coal for injection into the blast furnace, from Loesche for its integrated iron and steel works in Fukuyama, Japan.

Total has announced that it has closed the sale of its South African coal mining assets, following government approval of the divestment.

Cloud Peak Energy enters an agreement with a local landowner near the Cordero Rojo Mine to access additional coal reserves and potentially develop the mine.

Indian thermal coal imports at major ports jumped 24% y/y from April – July, despite a government push to increase domestic production.

BHP Billiton has announced underlying earnings from its coal business of US$348 million in the twelve months to 30 June 2015.

According to the latest report from the US Energy Information Agency, coal production in the US for the week ending 15 August rose for the second straight week but continues to fall short of last year.

Severance tax income on natural resource extraction makes up almost 40% of state revenue in Wyoming, with coal mining the leading contributor.

Chinese coal company, China Coal Energy, made a loss in 1H15 as domestic coal demand continues to shrink.

China’s largest coal company, Shenhua, has announced a significant fall in projects as the Chinese coal sector struggles with oversupply.

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

How companies can improve the discharge of coal from hoppers and bins.

Coal trading platform, globalCoal, has launched a met coal contract for online procurement and trade of high-quality hard coking coal.

Coal seams have been intersected at the Nuurstei coal project in northern Mongolia, a joint venture between Aspire Mining and the Noble Group.

The coal mill with grind 10 tph and is the first of its kind in the Indonesian plant.