Coal

The Egyptian government is predicting a US$30 billion investment in the country’s coal industry over the next five years.

New World Resources, the largest Czech producer of coking coal, has announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter 2015.

The Indian government has said that investments worth US$250 billion are planned in coal, power and renewable energy over the next five years.

Underground mining operations at Belmont County's Century Mine will be idled for approximately two weeks.

Transnet have released a statement assuring that delivering tonnages would remain unaffected by the shut down.

Indonesia goes ahead developing mega coal-fired power plant project despite emission concerns.

Jim Justice, who made his fortune running his families coal businesses, is to run for the Democratic nomination for West Virginia governor next year.

Declining economic growth and efforts to decrease consumption of polluting fossil fuels have hit the industry hard.

globalCOAL has announced that Itochu Singapore and Shikoku Electric Power have joined its online coal trading platform.

Up to US$35.5 million in federal funds is to be made available to help regions hardest hit by the downturn in the coal industry in Appalachia.

There will be no price recovery in the thermal coal market in the short term, according to head of Rio Tinto’s new Coal and Copper Group, as priority remains cutting costs and optimising production.

Technical and Sales Training Centre will support over 7000 Cat dealer technicians in the Africa and Middle East region.

Winsway has announced that it has been unsuccessful in making the scheduled interest payment on its US dollar note.

London-listed Glencore's coal output rose by 4% in the first quarter this year from the same period a year ago.

Coal price forecasts from Australia's ANZ Bank have been revised down amid predictions of prolonged weakness in China's steel market.