Coal

Ncondezi Coal Company Limited has released an update on its flagship Ncondezi coal project in the Tete provience of Mozambique as both the project’s definitive feasibility study and power plant near completion.

CoAL and Exxaro target completion of further studies and conclude negotiations by 30th September 2012 for valuation of the Makhado project.

Estimated gross tonnes in situ increase by 429% to 8.0 billion t from 1.5 billion t in the Greater Soutpansberg area.

Alpha Natural Resources are shutting down four mines idling two coal preparation plants as demand for coal has fallen drastically over the last few years.

Xstrata Coal has resumed operations at its Blakefield South mine, and expects to return to full production by mid-July.

May 2012: This article is not about the importance of being honest in the workplace. It is about the word 'brutal' and its hidden impact on the bottom line, the culture and management’s credibility.

Continental Coal and Forzando Coal Mines enter mine life extension agreement.

Aviva Corp. Ltd is pleased to announce that the Mmamantswe coal prospecting licenses in Botswana have been renewed for a further 2 years.

Justin Lewis, chairman of Beacon Hill Resources plc, provides an update on its projects.

Alpha Natural Resources has announced the establishment of the Alpha Foundation for the Improvement of Mine Safety and Health Inc. The Alpha Foundation is a non-profit organisation whose mission is to improve mine health and safety through funding projects by qualified academic institutions, not-for-profit entities and individuals associated with those entities.

GE announced today the opening of GE Shenhua Gasification Technology Company Ltd., a 50-50 joint venture with Shenhua Group to advance the development and deployment of “cleaner coal” technology solutions in China.

Continental Coal Limited has announced that through its South African subsidiary Mashala Resources (Pty) Limited, it has entered into agreements that will allow the Company to extend the operating mine life at the Ferreira Coal Mine and its production of high quality thermal coal through the acquisition and development of the adjacent and adjoining Prospecting Right.

April 2012: Yesterday I spoke at a business conference in Phoenix about the “High Cost of Mixed Messages” sent by management teams. Included in my presentation was a story about “Dave”, the control room operator; the names were changed to protect the innocent…

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, one of the world’s largest industrial auctioneers, is due to sell more than 1600 industrial equipment items and trucks to the highest bidders in an unreserved public auction held in Moerdijk, The Netherlands on the 19 - 20 April.

BHP Billiton has announced the closure of the Norwich Park metallurgical coal mine, part of its BMA joint venture with Mitsubishi Corp., after a seven week review of the mine’s viability.