Mining

A sit-in at Keaton Energy’s Vallkrantz coal mine in South Africa has ended peacefully.

BHP Billiton’s NSW Energy Coal business has announced 290 job losses from its Mt Arthur Coal asset.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection awards a contract to Rosebud Mining to reclaim Ehrenfeld mine site in Cambria County, US.

On International Women’s Day, it has been highlighted that a key Queensland mining health and safety body has welcomed its first female members: two highly-qualified mining engineers.

The Colorado Mining Association has indicated that many miners are to loose jobs following the idling of the Bowie mine No. 2 and federal and states governments are to blame.

Joy Global has reported first quarter fiscal 2016 operating results and indicates its outlook for the year.

Australian coal company, Yancoal, is to put its Donaldson operation, including the Abel underground coal mine, into care and maintenance.

Edenville Energy has been granted the mining licence for its Rukwa coal deposit in Tanzania.

Foresight Energy LP has released an update on its efforts to extinguish the March 2015 combustion event at the Deer Run mine, Illinois, US.

Shenhua’s ports at Huanghua and Tianjin saw a substantial increases in the volume of coal handled in January 2016.

Rio Tinto has made changes to its Board with its Non-Executive Director stepping down and a new Chairman of the Sustainability Committee being appointed.

Chinese-owned Australian coal company, Yancoal, has announced an annual loss of AUS$291 million in 2015 as coal prices remain low.

Rio Tinto completes the sale of its 40% interest in Bengalla coal Joint Venture for US$616.7 million.

Bowie Resources is going to idle its Bowie #2 coal mine near Paonia, Colorado, due to market deterioration.

A round-up of some of this week's key news items from the international coal industry, from recent coal plant updates to the latest corporate affairs.