Mining - 04 May 2016

Yancoal has placed the Donaldson coal operation in care and maintenance as its considers the site’s future.

Glencore has reported coal production was down 5.9 million t for 1Q16.

The US Department of the Interior has given Trapper Mining final approval of its Environmental Assessment, allowing it to continue operating based on existing opencast coal mining permits.

Caterpillar Inc. Group President Denise Johnson will chair the world’s largest mining equipment exhibition, MINExpo 2016.