Coal

More questions than answers in proposed privatisation of Ukrainian coal mines.

The drop in the value of the Indian rupee has hit coal buying with fresh contracts drying up.

Trends in China’s coal industry will work against increased imports of seaborne coal.

Colombia’s key rail artery for coal threatened by worker industrial action. Workers and Fenoco in talks.

TerraSource Global has announced its sister company, Coperion, will begin selling its equipment, stocking wear parts and providing customer support in India.

Glencore-Xstrata has announced a range of cost cutting measures across its coal business as it combats oversupply and low prices.

In the second of two articles, Shivanshu Agnihotri, GlobalData, explains why coal retains top spot when it comes to powering the Asia-Pacific region.

Patriot Coal has announced plans to idle its Logan County complex in West Virginia, including the Guyan opencast ming and Fanco coal preparation plant.

Clean Coal Solutions has announced five new installations of its refined coal technology to go online in Q4 2013.

FLUEPAC technology provided by Calgon Carbon will remove mercury from Canadian coal-fired power plants.

Strike by union employees at Drummond’s Colombian operations now in the hands of Labour ministry

The Australian mining sector expects a negative employment outlook for Q4 2013, according to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.

Thomson Reuters Point Carbon reports rising coal prices on the back of strong German power prices.

Coeclerici acquires full ownership of the coal trading division of Alley-Cassetty Companies, Inc.

Business Monitor forecasts that Kazakhstan’s mining industry will grow to US$ 29.5 billion by 2017.