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World Coal - January 2014
In this month’s issue of World Coal, the regional report focuses on India, where Ng Weng Hoong provides a detailed insight into the scandal-prone coal industry. World Coal looks at conveyor engineering and design, as Richard Shields and Daniel Marshall, Martin Engineering, US, chart an investigation into conveyor belt cleaning practices at a Powder River Basin coal mine. We also feature articles on conveyor drives and mining trucks, with a series of articles also focusing on concentration and dewatering. The Industry View from Dr Lars Shernikau, IchorCoal and HMS Bergbau, presents an outlook for 2014 as the coal industry looks to move on from 2013, which was, as Dr Shernikau explains, a somewhat “disappointing” year for the global coal industry.
World Coal - December 2013
In this month’s issue of World Coal, the regional report focuses on South America, where Barry Baxter provides a detailed insight into the Colombian coal industry. World Coal talks to Geoff Knox, global CEO of GE Mining, about the company’s ambitions for the mining industry and its new products for the underground coal mining space. We also look at room-and-pillar mining, with lead features on continuous miners, feeder breakers, haulage systems, roof support & ground control, as well as solutions & services. The Industry View from Harry Kenyon-Slaney, Rio Tinto, discusses a so called ‘productivity boom’ as he looks at what 2014 may hold for the global coal industry.
World Coal - November 2013
In this month’s issue of World Coal, the power market report focuses on clean coal technologies within the coal industry. Gordon Cope asks whether the money invested by the coal industry in cleaning up coal both pre- and post-combustion will be enough to cope with increasingly strict government regulations. We also look at coal preparation, with lead features on coal handling & storage, crushers, pulverizers and mills, screening and utilising low rank coals. The Industry View from Joseph Van Den Berg, Owen Ward, and Jason Palmenberg, Booz & Co., discusses reasons for optimism in the US coal industry despite current challenges.
World Coal - October 2013
In this month’s issue of World Coal, the regional report focuses on China with Dr Elizabeth Stephens discussing recent developments in the country’s mining and power sectors. We also look at opencast mining with articles on pit dewatering, safe blasting technology, in-pit crushing and conveying and the history and development of the global market for draglines, among others. The Industry View from James McNally, Wardell Armstrong International, discusses the importance of community relationships for mining projects.
World Coal - September 2013
This month, World Coal focuses on the transportation and logistical aspects of the coal industry. Articles analyse the importance of understanding the coal supply chain from mine to power plant via rail, port, sea etc., while also looking at the equipment used in the transportation of coal. We look at cranes and grabs, shiploaders and unloaders, train and barge transportation, and advances in offshore transhipment. The issue features World Coal’s Port & Terminal Review, in which we review some recent coal loading and unloading projects from around the world. Articles from Jonny Sultoon, Wood Mackenzie, Santu Tiwari and Deepak Kumar, GlobalData, Evgeny Masternak, En+, and Tomasz Konik, Deloitte, explore the European coal market in World Coal’s regional report. In this month’s industry view, Mike Maddison, Deloitte, explains why the coal industry must begin to change current attitudes to cyber security in an increasingly digital age.
World Coal - August 2013
This month, World Coal focuses on the transportation and logistical aspects of the coal industry. Articles analyse the importance of understanding the coal supply chain from mine to power plant via rail, port, sea etc., while also looking at the equipment used in the transportation of coal. We look at cranes and grabs, shiploaders and unloaders, train and barge transportation, and advances in offshore transhipment. The issue features World Coal’s Port & Terminal Review, in which we review some recent coal loading and unloading projects from around the world. Articles from Jonny Sultoon, Wood Mackenzie, Santu Tiwari and Deepak Kumar, GlobalData, Evgeny Masternak, En+, and Tomasz Konik, Deloitte, explore the European coal market in World Coal’s regional report. In this month’s industry view, Mike Maddison, Deloitte, explains why the coal industry must begin to change current attitudes to cyber security in an increasingly digital age.
World Coal - July 2013
This month, World Coal focuses on the global coal-fired power industry. We include reports on the US, European and Asia-Pacific power markets, as well as taking a look at global mercury emissions regulation. We also invite three leading equipment suppliers to provide their thoughts on the challenges and opportunities facing the industry. The rest of the magazine looks at coal handling and storage with articles on conveyor systems, coal sampling and analysis, and coal storage and stockyard management. Finally, this month's Industry View from Martin Christie, executive director of Bettercoal, offers an insight into this great new industry initiative that aims to bring transparency to the coal supply chain.
World Coal - June 2013
This month’s issue of World Coal covers a broad range of topics. Maria van der Hoeven, of the IEA, writes a keynote article on how technology can help overcome challenges facing the coal industry. The issue also explores new coal frontiers that are emerging across the globe. Barry Baxter reports on Mozambican infrastructure development, while Dr Andrew Minchener OBE explores the rich mineral wealth of Mongolia. Dr Lars Shernikau and Daniel Goeckus look to Indonesia and discuss the current state of the coal industry in Sumatra and Central Kalimantan. Finally, Dr Elizabeth Stephens explores the challenges posed by developing these frontier territories. Articles from A.W. Chesterton Co. and IMATECH, International Magnetic Solutions, and FGXSepTech LLC, cover the ins and outs of coal preparation. The issue also features articles on maintenance & asset management from The Timken Co., Aveva, Schneider Electric and Martin Engineering. In a special report, Jonathan Rowland reviews some of the highlights of the bauma 2013 trade show in Munich.
World Coal - May 2013
This month’s issue of World Coal features a regional report on the Australian coal industry – an industry currently suffering a hangover after years of boom. Anthony Fensom reports on the current state of the industry, while articles from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, The Ausimm and Norton Rose tackle the specific challenges of cost-reduction and productivity, human resources, social licence to operate and exploration. In the technical feature, we focus on longwall mining with articles looking at ventilation in longwall mines, low-seam and high-seam longwall mining and the challenge of gateroad development in high capacity longwall mines.Plus World Coal Asia 2013 supplement
