Mining

Nigerian cement producer, Dangote Cement, is to mine local coal to fuel its cement plants, weaning itself of more-expensive natural gas.

The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement will fund an independent examination of the impacts of opencast coal mining on human health in Central Appalachia.

Coal India has fallen almost 10% short of its July production target and remains 6% down on its year-to-date target.

The New South Wales Department of Planning & Environment issues Maules Creek coal mine an official caution in June for breaking noise limits.

The Indian government has allocated 30 coal mines to the private sector under the provisions of the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act.

The construction of a new water treatment facility at Borodinsky opencast coal mine has been completed.

Mastermyne is targeting an overhead cost reduction of 26% as part of a business restructuring.

TerraCom’s Baruun Noyon Uul (BNU) mine will restart production of hard coking coal in 3Q16 after commissioning a new supply chain and running down overstocked stockpiles.

RCT installed Line-of-Sight remotes on two Caterpillar dozers at River View coal mine in Kentucky to deliver efficient results.

Operations at Wollongong Coal’s Wongawilli coal mine in 2Q16 focused on recommissioning mining equipment ready for the restart of production at the mine.

Russian coal company, Kuzbasskaya Toplivnaya Co. (KTK), saw its production grow 10% year on year in 2Q16.

Weekly US coal production for the week to 23 July remained around 15 million short t for the second week running, significantly above this year’s weekly average.

Coal India has adopted a number of measures – including adopting modern

The US Mine Safety and Health Administration issued 65 citations to coal mines as part of its June special impact inspections.

Komatsu has announced its consolidated business results for the three months of the fiscal year ending 31 March 2017 (FY2016).