Coal

Rio Tinto will move to compulsory acquisition of Riversdale Mining Ltd (Riversdale) after Tata Steel accepted all of its shareholding into Rio Tinto’s takeover offer for Riversdale.

Arch Coal Inc. has announced that it has completed its acquisition of International Coal Group Inc.

Alstom Power unveils the results of a study that proves CCS is an increasingly valid option for reducing CO2 emissions.

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Sable Mining Africa Ltd has acquired a 49% interest in Liberation Mining (Pvt) Ltd, holder of the 16,545 ha. Special Grant 4977 which covers the Lubimbi coal project in the Gwaai area of the Kariba coal basin in Zimbabwe.

China has started rationing electricity in an attempt to avoid an energy shortage in the country.

Eight miners trapped underground for over seven hours have been freed in western Colombia.

An underground coal mine has reopened in Alabama after ceasing operations at the end of April due to extreme weather in the southern US.

Sable Mining Africa Ltd has published a bankable feasibility study (BFS) on Delta Mining Consolidated Ltd’s (DMC) Rietkuil coal project in South Africa.

Arch Coal Inc. has announced that it has established a new subsidiary, Arch Coal Asia-Pacific Pte. Ltd., and named Renato Paladino president.

New Zealand miner, Solid Energy, will seek to acquire the assets of Pike River Coal, according to a company statement, but acknowledges that there are considerable challenges to bringing the mine back into production.

The US Environmental Protection Agency has announced a settlement with the Tennessee Valley Authority to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations at 11 of its coal-fired plants in Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee.

Landlocked Mongolia is the most sparsely populated country in the world, but has vast mineral resources. Ng Weng Hoong analyses growing investments in the country.

The Government of China is planning to amass a 5 million t emergency stockpile of coal. According to the China Economic Herald, the Government has asked top producers, including Shenhua Eenergy, to begin stockpiling to help alleviate bottlenecks that limit the available supply during peak demand seasons.

The amount of South African coal imported by India rose 8% in the year ending March 2011. According to mjunction, an online Indian e-commerce company, Indian imports accounted for about 32% of the coal exported from South Africa.