Exploration & development

At the the Tyva 2030/The Future of Tyva Forum, a LOI was signed by the Tyva Republic government and Northern Railways signalling support for Northern Rail Corridor.

Allegiance Coal announces the results of the staged production pre-feasibility study of its Telkwa metallurgical coal project in northwest British Columbia, Canada.

TerraCom Limited has provided an update on progress according to plan of both mining operations at NU coking coal mine in Mongolia and Blair Athol thermal coal mine.

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection issued the final reclamation and mine permit for its Low Volatile Berwind mine.

An ABS report on mineral and petroleum exploration for the March 2017 quarter shows that an increase in NSW expenditure on mineral exploration bucks Australian trend.

The government of Alberta has given its approval for a drill programme at its Palisades property.

Paringa Resources signs a fixed price turnkey contract for the design, procurement, construction and commissioning of the Poplar Grove mine’s coal handling and preparation plant and barge loadout facility.

Jameson Resources awards initial preparation of application for EA certificate for Crown Mountain coal project in British Columbia, Canada.

Paringa Resources awards Pollard & Sons Excavating a contract for the excavation and site development works at the Poplar Grove mine.

Northern Railways and China Gezhouba Group enter into non-binding cooperation agreement to advance the Ovoot to Erdenet Railway.

Acacia Coal has commenced the process for transferring the key project licences for the Riversdale Anthracite Colliery from project vendor, Rio Tinto.

RPMGlobal, as part of a consortium, have been chosen to conduct a feasibility study for Barapurkuria Coal Mining Co. Ltd as part of the government of Bangladesh’s ‘Energy Security’ Program.

Atrum Coal commences environmental site monitoring of the spring snow melt (freshet) at Groundhog North, in British Columbia, Canada.

The Mineral Resource Authority of Mongolia (MRAM) reserve council has approved the registration of the Nuurstei coal project.

The company has provided an update on its negotiations to acquire 3D seismic data of the company’s Flatbed coking coal property.