Coal

VGK and BELAZ have discussed the course of testing of an electric dump truck with a carrying capacity of 220 t and recorded further steps on the project.

The coal seaport of Shakhtersk, for the first in the history of the Russian Federation, has carried out a record one-time shipment of coal in the volume of 188 119 t.

Tlou Energy has released its operational report for the quarter ending 31 March 2021.

Arch Resources has reported its results for 1Q21, as well as operational updates.

NSW’s IPC has conditionally approved a ‘reasonable brownfield extension’ to an Upper Hunter coal mine, operated by Mangoola Coal Operations.

VGK intends to create a ‘Green Coal Cluster’ in the Uglegorsk District of the Sakhalin Region.

The New South Wales Independent Planning Commission has granted development consent for a proposed extension to the Tahmoor Coal Mine.

IMAN has released a report for India's import of coal for March 2021.

MC Mining has provided an activities report for the quarter ended 31 March 2021.

A consortium led by Mitsubishi Power, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group, has completed the construction of Nakoso IGCC Power GK’s integrated coal gasification combined cycle plant in Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan.

India’s National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO) has been granted the mining lease of the Utkal E coal block.

The coal seaport of Shakhtersk is the first in the Sakhalin region to receive the largest 300 m vessel for loading, with a carrying capacity of 206 000 t.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy has announced US$6 million in federal funding for research and development to produce valuable products from coal waste-derived sources.

The share of coal-fired power in Indonesia's energy mix increased on the year to 38% in 2020 from 37.1% a year earlier, Argus Media has reported.

Johnson Winter & Slattery has advised Peabody on its sale of the Millennium coal mine in Queensland to MetRes (a 50/50 JV between Stanmore Coal and M Resources).