Foresight Energy continues efforts to extinguish the March 2015 combustion event within the longwall district at Hillsboro’s Deer Run mine, Illinois, US, and is also cutting 100 jobs across its operations.
Theiss has secured a AUS$115 million contract to continue operating the southern pits at the Dawson coal mine in Central Queensland, Australia.
Duke Energy has released a statement regarding initial ash basin classifications issued by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality.
Through a Komatsu Group company, Komatsu Ltd has entered the definitive agreement to purchase 60% of equity of Road Machinery Co., S.A. de C.V, Mitsui's subsidiary in Mexico, which services Komatsu mining equipment.
Rhino Resource Partners has completed the sale of its Central Appalachia Deane mining complex, located in eastern Kentucky, US, to Quest Energy Inc.
Anglo American has entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement with Australian Pacific Coal Ltd for the sale of its 83.33% interest in the Dartbrook coal mine in the Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia.
Ohio Coal Association has positively responded to US Rep Bill Johnson for his steps towards clarifying the Stream Protection Rule.
With low metallurgical coal prices and an already oversupplied market, re-opened coal mines will face significant challenges.
CIMIC Group subsidiary Thiess has been awarded an AUS$250 million contract by QCoal Group to continue operaion of the QCoal Northern Hub mines.
Anglo American’s Grasstree longwall coal mine obtains a new highest record for Australian underground coal production through reaching 10 million t of ROM coal in 2015.
Stanmore Coal is to restart metallurgical coal production at Isaac Plains after buying the mine from Vale and Sumitomo Corp. in August.
Wongawilli Colliery, the shuttered New South Wales coal mine, will restart mining operations in early 2016.
A round-up of the week’s coal news from updates on the latest coal projects to short-term outlooks on US coal production and prices.
Miners at the UK’s last deep coal mine, Kellingley Colliery, will end their final shift on Friday 18 December, leaving behind an estimated 30 million t of recoverable coal.
TerraSource Global has appointed Jason Burlage as President following the retirement of Mark Kohler earlier this year.