Coal

Brazilian mining giant, Vala, has lifted force majeure on a number of its coal sales contracts in Mozambique.

Xstrata Coal has announced it will reduce the number of operating divisions in Australia from two to one.

Paul Medcraft, MineARC, Australia, asks why the Australian coal industry remains resistant to underground refuge stations as safe havens for SCSR changeover.

Xstrata Coal has announced it will reduce the number of operating divisions in Australia from two to one.

Xstrata takes writedowns to zinc, nickel and platinum businesses but remain in the black.

The UK carbon tax will rise from £4.94/t to over £18/t by 2015/16 unless drastic changes are made to the way it is calculated, warn analysts.

Glencore and Xstrata have announced that their proposed merger is now due to be completed by 16 April.

Wildhorse Energy, a developer of underground coal gasification (UCG) and uranium projects in central and eastern Europe, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with E.ON Hungaria.

A new report from the IEA Clean Coal Centre discusses issues for developing Mongolia’s vast coal resources.

Glencore has pushed back its tie-up with Xstrata again as it waits for regulatory approval from China.

Clean Coal Solutions, a joint venture supplying cleaner coal technologies to the coal-fired power sector, has announced a contract for a fifth refined coal facility.

Continuing the run of gloomy results in the mining sector, Brazilian mining giant Vale has posted a quarterly loss in Q4 2012 after writedowns of US$ 5.66 billion.

A new report from the IEA Clean Coal Centre discusses the principal gases emitted from coal stockpiles, as well as sampling and testing methods.

Ncondezi Coal Co. has announced changes to its management, as well as a proposed name change to reflect the company’s move from a mining company to an energy producer.

The American Petroleum Institute is appealing the E15 decision to the US Supreme Court.