Exploration & development

The Mongolian Cabinet has approved the granting of a concession agreement for the Erdenet-to-Ovoot railway to Aspire Mining subsidiary, Northern Railways.

Jacob Engineering Group wins two contracts for Jimah East power project in Malaysia to provide engineering services for the balance of the 2000 MW power plant facilities.

A round-up of some of this week’s key news items from the international coal industry, from outlooks on the Clean Power Plan to the latest project developments.

Millar Argent’s plans to develop a new opencast coal mine in south Wales have been rejects by the local council’s planning committee.

Australia-based Paringa Resources is to list its shares on the OTCQX Best Market in the US as it seeks to progress development of the company’s Buck Creek mining complex in the Illinois Basin.

Two groups bid for Krabi coal-fired power project in Thailand. These bids will only be legally binding once the project obtains the environmental and health impact assessment approval.

Singaporean private investment company, Yishun Brightwise Investment, is to buy 9.5% of Coal of Africa to help develop the Makhado coal project.

The federal court overturns the Abbot government’s approval of Adani’s opencast and underground coal mine in Galilee Basin in Central Queensland, Australia.

CRESCO Project Finance achieves financial closure of Maamba Collieries Ltd’s coal and power project in Maamba, Zambia.

Laser mineral analysis technology developed at the University of Tasmania and applied to the field by Rio Tinto is to be made available to junior miners for free.

A round-up of some of this week’s key news items from the international coal industry, from business acquisitions to the latest 2Q15 results.

The Japanese environment minister, Yoshio Mochizuki, plans to submit a letter of opposition for two coal-fired power projects in Aichi and Chiba to the trade minister.

Prairie Mining has announced an almost doubling of indicated coal resources at its Lublin coal project in Poland.

Vinacomin and the north-central Nghe An Provincial People’s Committee sign an agreement over the construction process for the Quynh Lap 1 thermal power project.

Cluff Natural Resources Plc makes significant progress under memorandum of understanding with Halliburton Manufacturing and Services Ltdon Southern North Sea and UCG assets.