Coal

Tigers Realm Coal has raised its stake in the Amaam coking coal project, Russia, to 80%.

Blaze Energy has announced its intention to process and sell coal at the GreenFields coal mine in West Virginia.

Magnum Gas and Power plans to raise up to US$ 1.5 million through the issue of new shares to advance its CBM gas projects.

Universal Coal has announced mining of the first ROM coal at its Kangala coal mine in South Africa.

African Energy and ACWA Power have signed an agreement for the development of a power station and integrated coal mine in Botswana.

Ontario’s government is to announce the shut down of the Lambton coal-fired generating station ahead of schedule.

The former UK Coal Mining company has been fined £200 000 after admitting serious safety failings that led to the death of a miner in 2011.

Russia’s En+ Group has signed a contract with China Huaneng Group to jointly develop power and coal projects in Russia.

Thomson Reuters Point Carbon report shows coal and carbon prices bouncing back over last week.

Chinese imports of coking coal reached a nine-month high in September at 7.25 million t.

Dart Energy has entered into a farm-out agreement with GDF SUEZ relating to 13 of its UK licences.

The US reduced its carbon dioxide emissions by 3.8% in 2012, the second largest drop since 1990.

German reliance on coal-fired power plants will remain strong, despite an increase in the use of renewable sources.

Trolex looks at the uptake of methane monitoring and recovery systems in underground coal mines.

The Yitai Group has awarded Siemens a contract for two shaft hoisting machines in a new coal mine.