Coal

Canadian mining company Teck Resources has lowered its coal and copper sales outlook for 2011.

The number of dead from a collapsed mine in southwest Pakistan has risen to 45, according to officials.

The global energy trade will feel the effects of the disasters in Japan as the global coal supply chain is disrupted and diverted.

China has increased its total production for the first two months of the year by 13.5%.

Peabody Energy has announced that the Mongolian Government has placed the company in the top tier of the short list of companies that pre-qualify to invest and cooperate in development of the Tavan Tolgoi coal deposit.

The US Environmental Protection Agency and the US Justice Department have announced that Arch Coal Inc. has agreed to pay a US$ 4 million dollar penalty for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act in Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky.

QR National Ltd (QRN), Australia’s biggest coal hauler, has announced net profit of AU$ 278 million in the six months ending December 2010, compared to a loss of AU$ 132 million last year.

The first coalbed methane (CBM) to energy project in Russia celebrated its grand opening in Kemerovo Oblast.

Shell has published its report Signals and Signposts.

Xavier Prevost, XMP Consulting, South Africa, provides a brief overview of the McCloskey Coal Conference 2011, which took place in Cape Town.

The Colombian Government has hinted that its suspension of new requests for mining concessions may last longer than the initial six months.

Funding for small-scale solar, biomass and other carbon reduction projects in the UK could rise significantly if consistent reporting guidelines for these schemes can be agreed, a study from BRE Trust, owner of the UK’s leading building research body BRE showed.

Rio Tinto profits rose to US$ 14.3 billion in 2010 on the back of rising commodity prices and strong growth in developing markets. Of that, the energy group, which includes coal and uranium, increased its underlying earnings to US$ 1.187 billion, a 2% increase on the previous year.

Paul Bright, SRK (UK) Ltd, UK, provides an introduction to the Colombian coal industry.

A state mining company will be established in South Africa by the end of this month, although much of its work will be contracted out to private companies.