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Contango Holdings Plc has advised that the construction of a small-scale coke battery has been completed at the Lubu Coal Project in Zimbabwe.

Bruks Siwertell has completed the commissioning of two large scale Siwertell ST 790-D-type shipunloaders for a newly developed ultra-supercritical power station in southern China.

Contango Holdings has released an update on its Lubu Coal Project, including a report that its wash plant has arrived on site, with its surface miner and laboratory on the way.

Bedeschi has closed a deal for a floating terminal system; the company will supply an important shipyard in Indonesia a new floating terminal with a 2500 tph coal capacity.

Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) has lifted the force majeure imposed on the export coal line in South Africa following the derailment of a 97 fully laden coal train.

NYK is set to order two LNG-fuelled large coal carriers from Oshima Shipbuilding for delivery in 2025.

Roughly nine months after reaching the 4 billion t autonomously hauled milestone, trucks equipped with Cat® MineStar™ Command for hauling have now moved over 5 billion t.

Vostochnaya Mining Co. has started installing the largest main coal conveyor belt in Russia.

Martin Engineering has announced the availability of two rugged secondary conveyor belt cleaners, both engineered for fast and easy maintenance.

Zululand Anthracite Colliery has commissioned a new filter press at its coalwashing plant in Emakhalathini, KwaZulu-Natal.

An operation for the delivery of oversized cargo from the port of Korsakov to Shakhtersk is to be carried out by VGK Transport Systems.

Bruks Siwertell has secured a repeat original equipment manufacturer service contract to provide a substantial electrical system upgrade to another of Mailiao power plant’s Siwertell shipunloaders.

BHP has completed the sale of its 80% interest in BHP Mitsui Coal to Stanmore SMC Holdings Pty Ltd.

Bruks Siwertell has commissioned a new Siwertell ST 790 D-type shipunloader to serve Quezon Power Ltd Co’s San Buenaventura power plant in Mauban, the Philippines.

According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), in 2021, coal exports from the US increased by 23% to 85 million t from 69 million t in 2020.