A global economic recovery in 2021 is expected to drive a short-lived rebound in coal demand following the major drop this year triggered by the COVID-19 crisis, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency.
The US Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy has announced plans to make more than US$7 million in federal funding available for cost-shared research and development to support the design, validation, and fabrication of a prototype carbon-based building.
Exploration activity across coal, petroleum, gold and copper deposits in Queensland continues to rise despite COVID and a drop in coal and petroleum prices, Queensland Exploration Council (QEC) Chair, Kim Wainwright, has said.
Mechel PAO has reported that its output and sales of anthracites went up by 83% y/y.
Bravus Mining and Resources has begun laying its 200 km railway line in Central Queensland at the Carmichael Project.
The US Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy has announced up to US$5 million in federally funded financial assistance for research and development projects.
Vostochnaya Mining Co. has connected the Shakhtersk coal seaport to the project to digitise all of its assets.
Welsh Secretary, Simon Hart, and Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Stephen Barclay, have agreed funding for coal tip and flood damage remediation work across Wales.
NETL has named Michele Ostraat as its Chief Operating Officer.
Argus Media has reported that Colombian coal railway Fenoco is on track to rail less than 40 million t in 2020 amid suspensions at mining firms Prodeco and CNR.
NRW Holdings Ltd has advised that its wholly owned subsidiary Golding Contractors Pty Ltd will provide additional fleets to Coronado Curragh’s Curragh Main coal mine.
MC Mining Ltd has announced that Brenda Berlin will step down as acting CEO and Executive Director, effective 15 February 2021.
At the Solntsevsky coal mine, one of the key production assets of the Eastern Mining Company, they have begun testing a video surveillance system using chest-mounted video recorders.
The US Environmental Protection Agency has proposed to approve the Texas partial permit programme for the management of coal combustion residuals in landfills and surface impoundments.
The Solntsevsky coal mine has opened a laboratory for the analysis of technical fluids.