Exploration & development

Kibo Mining signs a collaboration agreement with General Electric International Inc., with respect to the development of the Mbeya coal-to-power project.

TerraCom restarts mining operations at its Baruun Noyon Uul metallurgical coal mine in Mongolia.

Edenville Energy’s bulk sampling results from MK2 seam confirm suitable coal quality and high yields will be available for the Rukwa coal to power project in Tanzania.

African Energy provides an update on the progress at the Mmamabula West integrated power project.

GCM has signed an MOU with China Gezhouba Group International Engineering to further development of the Phulbari coal and power project.

Universal Coal finalises a 7-year coal supply agreement with ESKOM for 1.2 million tpy.

Hume Coal has increased its public consultation on the Environmental Impact Statement following its community consultation meetings held in late 2015.

Prairie Mining and China Coal enter into a financing and construction co-operation agreement for the Jan Karski coal mine in Poland.

Coal from Tiger’s Realm’s Project has passed technical acceptance at two North Asian steel companies with other interested.

Intra Energy Corp. has announced the company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sinohydro Corp. of China.

Progress is continuing at the Nuurstei metallurgical coal project in Mongolia after pit optimisation work indicated the potential for a low-cost opencast mining operation.

Paringa Resources has discovered an additional major coal seam at its Poplar Grove project, significantly enhancing the potential of the mine to become a major Illinois Basin producer.

The project economics for Jameson Resources Crown Mountain metallurgical coal project have been substantially boosted by the sharp rise in coal prices, as well as a weaker Canadian dollar.

TerraCom has executed a full service mining contract with Link Mining Services covering all operational aspects of coal mining and processing at Blair Athol.

The Queensland state government has declared the Carmichael coal mine and rail project, as well as associated water infrastructure, a “critical infrastructure” project, easing the path to final approval.