Coal

China Shenhua Energy has posted a 22% drop in third quarter net profit, due to weak coal prices caused by sluggish demand.

The Kenyan Energy and Petroleum Ministry has received 62 applications from firms interested in the generation of coal and LNG projects.

The Queensland government has issued a tender for coal exploration in the Bowen Basin of central Queensland.

At the Coaltrans world coal conference in Berlin, speakers see reason for optimism in the global coal industry.

Australia’s Cokal Limited has announced an upgrade of its coal resources at the Bumi Barito Mineral project in Indonesia.

Whitehaven Coal has reported a total saleable coal production for Q3 of 2.340 million t, a new company record.

In the second of two articles for World Coal, Santu Tiwari and Deepak Kumar, GlobalData, UK, provide an insight into the Russian coal industry.

Teck reported a 41% drop in Q3 profits despite record coal sales.

Anglo American and Eskom are at loggerheads over the coal supply contract for the South African Kusile power station.

ATPK Resources is seeking to raise US$ 97 million from shares to finance an acquisition plan at its coal mining unit in Berau.

Various reports stress that Ukraine’s coal industry is in urgent need of redevelopment.

Australian mining company Peabody Energy has locked its workforce out of the Helensburgh colliery in New South Wales.

Celsius Coal has completed a field exploration programme at its Uzgen Basin coking coal project in Kyrgyzstan.

Unit 3 at Xcel Energy’s Sherco power station in Minnesota has returned to service following completion of repairs.

Physical coal prices for South African coal rose, according to analysis from Thompson Reuters Dry Freight reports.