Coal

Peabody Energy’s 8 million pound dragline has completed a historic journey, travelling over 20 miles to its new home.

Strong Australian mining outlook with coal the stand out, according to BREE.

Jiutai Group has selected GE’s gasification technology for a coal-to-methanol project in Inner Mongolia.

Carabella Resources has reported an initial JORC reserves estimate of 11 million t for the Bluff project in Queensland.

US-based company ASGCO has released a new ‘Wash Box’ to help reduce dust and carry back in power plants.

Jameson Resources has released an updated report on exploration results for the Crown project in British Columbia.

Secretary of state, Edward Davey, says UK will restrict its support for the financing of new overseas coal-fired power plants.

Anne Carpenter, IEA Clean Coal Centre, discusses the advances that have been made in multi-pollutant control.

This week’s Cross Commodity Report shows a slight increase in coal prices after the Colombian deadline decision.

The Illinois Pollution Control Board has granted a variance to Dynegy, clearing the way for the company to buy five coal plants.

China’s coal consumption is expected to reach 4.8 billion t by 2020.

New report from US EIA suggests coal-fired power is declining in southeast US.

China coal firms will set up their own bank, which will finance coal projects.

The US MSHA has approved MineARC’s MARCis intrinsically safe scrubbing and air conditioning unit for use in CoalSAFE refuge chambers.

The World Coal Association has announced the winners of its inaugural Leadership & Excellence Awards 2013.