Coal

Brazilian mining giant, Vale, has announced a 23.8 rise in coal production as its Carborough Downs mine ramps up after a longwall move.

Moody’s believes benchmark metallurgical coal prices have bottomed out but sees little room for price improvement soon.

Alpha Natural Resources’ affiliate Elk Run coal mine has won a ‘Good Neighbour’ award for its community outreach programme.

Standard & Poor’s rating agency expects China’s demand for coal to peak in 2020.

Chinese companies told to curb development of coal-to-gas projects by National Energy Administration.

The world’s largest mining company, BHP Billiton, has announced record metallurgical coal production in the 12 months to June 2014.

Peabody Energy, the world’s largest private-sector coal miner, has reported a loss of US$70.2 million for Q2 2014.

Gateshead council have approved a plan for UK Coal Surface Mines to develop an opencast mine in the northeast.

New Crofton Co-op Colliery Ltd is set to develop the first underground coal mine in England for 25 years.

India hoovers up more coal as Chinese demand remains soft.

The Australian senate’s decision to repeal the controversial carbon tax has been praised by Peabody Energy.

Coal’s share of Australia’s energy consumption slipped again in FY2012/13, according to official figures from the Bureau of Resource and Energy Economics.

Colombian government orders Glencore Xstrata subsidiary to merge operations at one of its coal mines.

The changing political landscape in Europe could have a significant influence on carbon market policy-making.

Rather than use domestically sourced coal, New Hampshire’s Schiller power plant turned to Russia.