Mining

A round-up of some of this week's key news items from the international coal industry, from the latest power plant developments to outlooks on coal-fired power in the UK, India and Vietnam.

Gekko Systems has made four key appointments to its Canadian and South African offices.

Alpha Natural Resources applauds its affiliate operations honoured for safety performance safety in West Virginia.

Coal production at Wesfarmers’ Curragh mine fell in 4Q15 on a planned mine shutdown to allow upgrade of the coal mine’s coal crushing facilities.

Rio Tinto is set to sell its Mount Pleasant thermal coal assets to MACH Energy Australia for US$224 million plus royalties.

The Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia calls for government action following the release of a new report that highlights restrictive regulations, lack of clarity in land access and use policies in British Columbia.

Yancoal saw its production fall 9% in 2015 – but still managed to grow its sales volumes by 1%.

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health issues a statement on the US Court of Appeals denial to challenges to the final rule Lowering Miners’ Exposure to Respirable Coal Mine Dust.

Cockatoo Coal hit record coal sales from its Baralaba mine in 4Q15, despite the appointment of administrators in November.

The Queensland Resources Council has written to Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk seeking a meeting to discuss ways the government can support the state’s resources sector.

Tomas Eliasson has been appointed Executive Vice President and CFO of Sandvik.

A round-up of some of this week's key news items from the international coal industry, from outlooks on the US government implementing a halt on coal leases to an innovative concept to deploy CCS in the Europe.

South32’s coal production fell in the six months to December 2015 on the back of challenging geology at two of its Australian mines.

Peabody Energy enters definitive agreement to sell it interest in Prairie State Energy Campus: a 1600 MW coal-fired plant and adjacent coal mine in Illinois, USA.

Teck Resources was recognised as the top company in the Metals and Mining category and the second-ranked Canadian company on this year's Global 100 Must Sustainable Corporations list.