Coal

A number of digital highlights from the June issue of World Coal magazine.

SouthGobi Resources may be sold by the end of June, according to company filing.

Standard and Poor’s issues Czech mining company with credit-rating downgrade.

New Inside Dry Freight report from Thomson Reuters shows spot prices for European coal have fallen to five year low.

New Zealand state-owned coal miner, Solid Energy, confirms over a quarter of workers at the Stockton mine will lose their jobs.

South Wales’ Miners’ Library celebrates 40th anniversary.

Solid Energy prepares for further staff cuts at its opencast Stockton coal mine

India’s national coal company hit by downgrade from JP Morgan, as coal company looks overseas to acquire assets

Ukrainian cabinet orders state property fund to sell 38 coal mines, amid numerous claims of corruption against former president and government officials.

Brandenburg approves plans to allow Vattenfall to mine a further 200 million t of brown coal from 2026.

The US coal industry has reacted angrily to the Environmental Protection Agencies proposal to limit US greenhouse gas emissions.

Kevin McCullough, boss of UK Coal, has resigned, leaving mining company in administration.

Zdenek Bakala, the Czech billionaire, has agreed to restructure the debt of national mining company, NWR.

The Environmental Protection Agency releases new guidelines to curb emissions, as coal industry rails against the proposals.

World Coal Association appoints Rio Tinto’s Harry Kenyon-Slaney as new chairman.