Mining

Amy Jacobsen has been appointed Chairman of Behre Dolbear, while Chris Wyatt is joining the board.

Rio Tinto has welcomed new apprentices who join its Hunter Valley operations and Mount Thorley Warkworth mines.

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection is working with Alpha Natural Resources on mine reclamation in West Virginia, US.

Downer EDI Ltd has signed a TSA with Adani Enterprises Ltd for the provision of mine planning, design and project execution services for the AEL coal mines in India.

Downer EDI Ltd has announced it has signed a 2 year extension to its contract to provide mining services at Stanwell Corp.’s Meandu Mine.

Piyush Goyal is to add the mining portfolio to his existing role as Indian Minister for Power, Coal and Renewable Energy.

47 states and the Navajo Nation will receive a total of US$8 441 000 in funds to support safety and health training courses.

Baldor Electric Co. has awarded the Baldor Eagle Award to Flanders for being an outstanding distributor in 2015.

The confirmed number of cases of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis in Queensland has hit 11 with more set to come.

CIL finished just under its target production in June with output of 42.72 million t of coal.

The US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) issues 70 citation to 13 coal mines over the course of its special impact inspections in May.

According to Allied Market Research, the global mining equipment market is expected to garner US$156 billion by 2022.

TerraCom Ltd has announced that the company is to acquire Blair Athol Coal Mine in Queensland, Australia.

US coal company, Murray Energy, has warned it could lay off over 80% of its workforce.

Lucy Flemming, Managing Director/CEO of Coal Services, has reaffirmed that in NSW there have been no new cases of black lung disease amongst current coal mine workers.