Exploration & development

The South African Department of Mineral Resources has granted a New Order Mining Right for Coal of Africa’s Makhado hard coking and thermal coal project.

Aspire Mining’s Northern Railways subsidiary is set to begin negotiations with the Mongolian government over the Erdenet-to-Ovoot rail concession.

The Ekhgoviin Chuluu Joint Venture between Aspire Mining and the Noble Group has increased its interest in the Nuurstei metallurgical coal project to 90%.

Coal of Africa has reached agreement with its creditors over repayment of the outstanding purchase price of the Chapudi coal assets.

Anti-mining protestors put GVK through further court processes by opposing the Alpha Coal Project, causing delays in thousands of jobs and difficulties for GVK. GVK have set out how it will overcome this and why the project is important.

Aspire Mining has received the independent geology report for its Nuurstei metallurgical coal project in Mongolia.

Coal mine fatalities in China dropped almost 87% to 931 last year from more than 7000 casualties registered in the sector in 2002.

Noble and Aspire agree loan extension and option for Aspire to acquire Noble’s 50% interest in the EC JV.

Walkabout Resources’ Takatokwane coal project in Botswana covers a JORC inferred resource of 6.9 billion t of shallow, flat-lying coal.

The new government in Australia's Queensland state has unexpectedly smoothed the way for two Indian companies to expand a coal port.

Oracle Coalfield’s Thar coal-to-power project has been included in the Chinese-Pakistan Economic Corridor, opening the project up to further Chinese funding.

How temporary power solutions can be used to power coal mines in a variety of frontier locations.

DTEK believes importing coal under current TPP tariffs impossible.

East Energy Resources holds several Exploration Permits for Coal in the Eromanga Basin in central Queensland.

Glencore International has followed up its cuts to Australian coal production with a reduction in its industrial capital expenditure.