Exploration & development

Pacific American Coal appoints Mark Lochtenberg as Managing Director to push forward development of the company’s flagship hard coking coal project, Elko, in British Columbia, Canada.

Edenville Energy reports the second stage of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment for its integrated coal to power project in western Tanzania has now been completed.

The results from a preliminary coal quality analysis indicate that Debienkso hosts a range of premium quality hard metallurgical coals comparable to internationally traded benchmark coking coals.

Edenville Energy has started trial mining at the Rukwa coal project near Sumbawanga in western Tanzania.

Whitehaven Coal revises its production guidance for its Narrabri longwall operation, but remains on track to achieve its group 2017 saleable production guidance.

Aspire Mining through its rail subsidiary, Northern Railways, receives the first stage feasibility study from China Railway FSDI for the Erdenet to Ovoot Railway in Mongolia.

JOGMEC has confirmed its participation in the 2017 field programme at the Pallisades project in Alberta.

Atrum Coal and Atlantic Carbon agree detailed terms on export sales joint venture.

Edenville Energy is continuing work to begin small-scale mining operations at its Rukwa project next year to help supply growing domestic demand in Tanzania.

Geo Energy Resources amends its long-term LOM coal purchase agreement with ECTP to supply more 4200 GAR thermal coal for the entire lifespan of Geo Energy’s SDJ coal mine.

Edenville has announced the third, and final, set of it has received from SGS Laboratories in relation to the recent bulk sampling programme carried out on the Mkomolo and Namwele deposits.

First  coal  has  been  mined  and  trucked from Tigers  Realm  Coal’s Project F to the coal stockpiles at the Beringovsky Port in Russia.  

Kibo Mining and SEPCO III have signed an EPC contract for the power plant element of the Mbeya coal-to-power project in Tanzania.

Universal Coal has received sufficient comfort on debt funding, paving the way for Phase 2 opencast operations to begin in January 2017 at the New Clydesdale Colliery.

Atrum has raised AUS$13.5 million in a share placement to fund development activities at the Groundhog anthracite project in British Columbia.