Coal

The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement has announced the winners of its 2021 Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Awards.

A sale agreement has been signed wherein Sumitomo Corp. and Glencore have agreed on the Sumitomo Corp. subsidiary selling its entire stake (12.5%) in Rolleston interests to the Glencore subsidiary.

NRW Holdings Limited has advised that its wholly owned subsidiary, Golding Contractors Pty Ltd, have signed a letter of intent with Coronado Curragh Pty Ltd to extend the current six fleet mining services contract beyond 30 September 2021.

The Barada Barna Aboriginal Corp., on behalf of the Barada Barna people, have entered into a Native Title Project Agreement with BHP Mitsui Coal Pty Ltd for South Walker Creek Mine in Central Queensland.

Thiess has been awarded a contract extension by MACH Energy Australia to continue providing mining services at the Mount Pleasant Operation in the Hunter Valley, Australia.

South Korean thermal coal imports spiked to an all-time high in July amid surging overall power demand and nuclear outages, as reported by Argus Media.

NACCO Industries has announced its results for the six months ended 30 June 2021.

SolutionsPT together with Schneider Electric have announced what is believed to be a world first machine learning deployment for the UK’s Coal Authority.

Cokal Ltd has provided an update on its BBM operation in Indonesia.

The coal seaport of Shakhtersk shipped 4.6 million t of coal in 1H21, an increase of 29% compared to 1H20.

Buffalo Coal Corp. has announced that the Republic of South Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has granted an official Environmental Authorisation to Zinoju Coal Proprietary Ltd for the Balgray project.

CONSOL Energy Inc. has reported its financial and operating results for the period ended 30 June 2021.

Warrior Met Coal, Inc. has recently announced results for 2Q21.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued the final cleanup plan for Area C of the NIPSCO Bailly Generating Facility in Chesterton, Indiana, to prevent coal ash contamination from affecting the nearby Indiana Dunes National Park.

Australia's largest coal export facility at Newcastle is positioned for a strong August, with the Newcastle Coal Infrastructure terminal returning to normal operations and the Port Waratah Coal Services terminals ramping up to full capacity, as reported by Argus Media.