Mining - 05 August 2015

Patriot Coal has issued layoff warnings to over 1000 of its workers in Kanawha County, West Virginia, as part of its agreement to see many of its assets to Blackhawk Mining.

The federal court overturns the Abbot government’s approval of Adani’s opencast and underground coal mine in Galilee Basin in Central Queensland, Australia.

Glencore has started ‘business rescue proceedings’ – the South African equivalent of bankruptcy – at its Optimum Coal business after dispute with Eskom.

Buffalo Coal has reported a roof fall at its Magdalena coal mine in South Africa with raw coal production stopped in two of the four working areas.