Mining

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.

Inspiration Resources’ No.5 mine was ordered to close while work to fix safety violations was carried out after inspectors issued three unwarrantable failure orders.

The US coal industry faces two decades of contraction, according to the US Energy Information Administration’s Reference Case forecast in the Annual Energy Outlook 2016.

The Queensland Resources Council has criticised an amendment to the state’s mining law that re-establishes some objection rights to large mining projects.

Stephen McIntosh is to succeed Greg Lilleyman as the Group Executive, Technology & Innovation for Rio Tinto.

As stated in a recent survey by Timetric’s Mining Intelligence Centre (MIC), GEOVIA’s Surpac is the most widely used mining software across African mines.

Paringa Resources successfully amends its coal sales agreement with LG&E and KU for coal to be delivered from its proposed Buck Creek No.2 mine rather than its No.1 mine in Kentucky, US.

The US Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration is increasing enforcement of its ‘Rules to Live By’ initiative.