Alpha Natural Resources has announced the establishment of the Alpha Foundation for the Improvement of Mine Safety and Health Inc. The Alpha Foundation is a non-profit organisation whose mission is to improve mine health and safety through funding projects by qualified academic institutions, not-for-profit entities and individuals associated with those entities.
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, one of the world’s largest industrial auctioneers, is due to sell more than 1600 industrial equipment items and trucks to the highest bidders in an unreserved public auction held in Moerdijk, The Netherlands on the 19 - 20 April.
Coal production and exports in Colombia rose last year, with predictions that production will hit 97 million t in 2012.
Ludowici, an Australian mining equipment supplier, finds itself in the centre of a bidding war between FLSmidth and the Weir Group.
Martin Engineering holds a symposium in Turkey to address safety issues
Italian manufacturer of rollers for belt conveyors, Rulli Rulmeca, celebrates its 50th birthday this year.
Sandvik celebrate’s its 150th birthday on 31st January.
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners has announced plans to invest approximately US$ 140 million to further expand its coal handling facilities along the Gulf Coast.
Danish engineering company, FLSmidth, has made an offer for Ludowici Ltd, a leading provider of coal centrifuges, vibrating screens and complementary wear resistant products and services for the minerals industries. The acquisition would enable FLSmidth to complete its coal processing product ofference and strengten the company’s position in one of the largest mining markets in the world.
BHP Billiton has given the Queensland Government notice of a proposed rail corridor alignment to the Port of Abbot Point, which can be used to accommodate multiple rail lines, including a dedicated rail line for BHP Billiton and its joint venture partners in the Bowen Basin.
Ncondezi Coal Co. Ltd, a coal exploration and development company with coal assets in Mozambique, has announced the signing of a new rail and port infrastructure agreement as part of its strategy to export coal from its Ncondezi project.
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Australia has reduced its forecasts for coal production and exports for the financial year ending June 2012 as its coal mining industry still reels from the effects of severe flooding at the beginning of the year.
The amount of South African coal imported by India rose 8% in the year ending March 2011. According to mjunction, an online Indian e-commerce company, Indian imports accounted for about 32% of the coal exported from South Africa.
FLSmidth has signed a contract in Jakarta worth in excess of US$ 135 million with PT Adaro Indonesia, a subsidiary of PT Adaro Energy Tbk., to supply material handling equipment to its coal mine in the Tanjung district of South Kalimantan, some 1000 km from the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.