Coal

Banpu plc, Thailand’s largest coal miner, has made a AU$ 423 million bid for Hunnu Coal Ltd.

August 2011: Kay Sever explains how unresolved trust issues can lead to poor execution of improvement programmes at al levels of the company.

Ng Weng Hoong examines how Australia is recovering from and capitalising on its recent difficulties.

Joy Global Inc. and International Mining Machinery Holdings Ltd (IMM) have jointly announced that TJCC Holdings Ltd (TJCC) and Joy have entered into a share purchase agreement, in which TJCC has conditionally agreed to sell 534.8 million shares of IMM to Joy.

Peabody Energy and ArcelorMittal SA have confirmed that they have jointly submitted an indicative proposal to the board of directors of Macarthur Coal Ltd to acquire all shares of the company.

Caterpillar has announced it has completed its US$ 8.8 billion acquisition of Bucyrus International.

July 2011: Kay Sever outlines how mine and plant superintendents are 'caught in the middle'. Expectations from above put all the responsibility for equipment performance and cost control on their shoulders.

Coal is surging ahead with the recovering economy, but many challenges lie ahead. Gordon cope examines how prospects for US coal are looking up.

Australia has reduced its forecasts for coal production and exports for the financial year ending June 2012 as its coal mining industry still reels from the effects of severe flooding at the beginning of the year.

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.

June 2011: Does your site have work groups where several people are required to ‘manage the work’ without supervisor oversight at every minute? Are there multiple supervisors that jointly share responsibility for overseeing the work of more than one crew? Do you oversee such a group or work area? Then this article is for you.

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.