Mining

BHP Billiton enters an agreement to sell its 75% interest in IndoMet Coal to equity partner PT Alam Tri Abadi.

JKTech appoints Dr David Way as its new Chief Executive Officer.

TerraCom appoints Cameron McRae as the new Chairman of company, effective immediately.

Stan Dempsey Jr has been appointed the next President and Chief Operating Officer of the Colorado Mining Association.

Prairie Mining’s Lublin coal project’s Jan Karski mine, located in the Siedliszcze municipality in the Chelm Shire, receives support from regional government.

Coal India has missed its May production target, slipping further behind its target for the fiscal year.

Rio Tinto’s Hunter Valley Operations has been fined by the New South Wales Department of Planning for exceeding blast limits.

The European Commission has approved plans by the Spanish government to provide €2.8 billion to help close loss-making coal mines.

The Department of Water & Sanitation has awarded Wescoal’s opencast Khanyisa coal mine a 20-yr water usage licence.

Glencore has begun planning for the closure of its Tahmoor underground coal mine in New South Wales.

The Colorado School of Mines and MICROMINE partner to develop talented students and teachers within the Geology and Geological Engineering Department.

US coal production is down by almost a third year-to-date, according to the US Energy Information Administration.

The Minerals Council of Australia has appointed Dr Vanessa Guthrie, Chief Executive of Toro Energy, as its new chairperson.

The Chief Financial Officer of Russian mining and metals company Mechel is leaving the company.

Sandvik forms a joint venture with Chinese mining equipment supplier Lingong Group Jinan Heavy Machinery Co., for the production and sales of opencast and underground mining equipment.