Mining

Rio Tinto’s thermal coal production has fallen 9% y/y on wet weather in New South Wales and an ownership restructuring at its Coal & Allied subsidiary.

Rio Tinto produced slightly less hard coking coal (HCC) from its Queensland operations in 1Q16 compared to 1Q15 – but saw a jump in semi-soft coking coal production.

Thiess has received a three-year contract extension by PT Teguh Sinar Abadi and PT Firman Ketaun Perkasa (members of the Bayan Group) to continue operations at Melak Coal Mine, in East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Widening of the LW06 longwall panel at Narrabri coal mining is on schedule and on budget.

Thermal coal from Whitehaven’s Maules Creek mine fetched an 8% premium over the index price in 1Q16.

Despite much talk, the Obama administration has down little to effectively curb the costs of regulation on US business.

The value of Australia’s resource and mining sector exports are forecast to increase by over a third by 2020 – 21.

Whitehaven Coal has reported record quarterly coal production and sales in 1Q16.

The Mining Association of Canada has come out in favour of a carbon price regime to address climate change.

The Association of British Mining Equipment Companies and the Midland Institute of Mining Engineers have reported a mutual collaboration.

A core group of doctors will be given specific training in the diagnosis of coal miners pneumoconiosis to help tackle the re-emergence of the disease in Queensland.

Labour unrest will pose a challenge to the coal mining industries in South and Africa in 2016.

Former CEO of BHP Billiton has been appointed to the board of FLSmidth.

SunCoke Energy Inc. divests its coal mining business to Revelation Energy LLC.

Stanmore Coal has processed its first product coal at Isaac Plains.