Exploration & development

Australian coal exploration and mine development company, Acacia Coal, has announced a restructuring of its board of directors in efforts to reduce costs.

Aspire Mining has announced that the Nuurstei coal project in Mongolia has received proximate analysis from core samples taken from the Ekhgoviin Chuluu Joint Venture’s 2015 exploration programme.

Aspire Mining subsidiary, Northern Railways, has received ins Construction License for the Erdenet-to-Ovoot Railway from the Mongolian government.

Chinese industrial conglomerate, Qingdao Hengshun Zhongsheng Group (Hengshun), has signed an MoU with Coal of Africa to acquire a 34% stake in the Makhado coal project in South Africa.

The New South Wales Planning Assessment Commission has approved a five-year extension to extract coal at the Wongawilli coal mine.

The New South Wales Planning Assessment Commission has rejected Anglo American’s proposed Drayton South expansion project over fears over the impact it would have on two of the region’s horse studs.

The New South Wales Planning Assessment has approved the Mt Thorley-Warkworth extension project in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales.

A round-up of some of this week's key news items from the international coal industry, from updates on clean coal technologies to the latest on the UK ending its coal-fired power plants.

Peabody Energy’s Wambo coal mine has received approval from the New South Wales government to develop three new longwall panels.

A round-up of some of this week’s key news items from the international coal industry, from updates on projects to the latest developments on reducing emissions.

Kibo Mining have appointed Tractebel Engineering to undertake the definitive feasibility study for the power component of the Mbeya coal-to-power project.

A round-up of some of this week’s key news items from the international coal industry, from project developments to updates on coal mining.

Oracle Coalfield’s proposed 600 MW coal-fired mine mouth power plant has received a Letter of No Objection from the government agency responsible for purchasing power for the national grid.

Nathan Tinkler has returned to the industry where he made his fortune, becoming managing director of junior exploration company Australian Pacific Coal.

Pacific American Coal has reported updates on the metallurgical coal quality at its Elko coal project in British Columbia, Canada.