Coal

US-based bulk materials handling specialist, Martin Engineering, has acquired TNJ Industries, a manufacturer of dust management solutions for mined materials.

Colombia’s coal railway Labour unions have reached a wage agreement with Fenoco.

The EU’s emissions trading scheme is likely to remain oversupplied with allowances until the end of the next decade, keeping prices low and potentially boosting coal use.

Coal miner presents US$ 2.5 million to Peace Northern Caribou Plan, which will protect the caribou herd near the company’s coal operations.

James River Coal is to lay off 525 workers as it idles coal production at Kentucky operations.

Continental Coal has improved its operations at its Penumbra coal mine, while also entering into funding agreements over its Botswana coal projects.

Wood Mackenzie has released a new report showing coal is among the commodities suffering most from the price downturn.

The World Coal Association (WCA) has launched the Warsaw Communiqué – a call to action to support the use and deployment of efficient coal technologies.

Global diversified miner, Anglo American, has been named as the mining industry leader in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index 2013.

The International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant recently took place in Scotland with the new Minamata Convention on Mercury a major theme.

Advanced Emissions Solutions has announced new orders for its mercury abatement technology as US EPA mercury standard boosts demand.

Aspire mining identifies export options for Ovoot metallurgical coal to access Eastern Europe.

Bank of American Merrill Lynch suggest five reasons why seaborne coal prices have further to fall.

Voith CPC 1600 fluid coupling has increased productivity at a Chinese coal mine in the Shaanxi province.

Coal workers at Drummond Co.’s Colombia operations have returned to work, ending a strike that began in July.