Mining

Wollongong Coal has initiated environmental response procedures after water containing traced of coal entered Bellambi Creek.

Teck Resources will pilot the first use of LNG as a fuel source in six haul trucks at its Fording River coal mine in southeastern British Columbia.

Leigh Creek Energy announces initial JORC inferred resource of 377 million t at the Leigh Creek Energy project.

Anglo American will lose about two-thirds of its workforce and assets in plans aimed at seeing the mining company through the slump in commodity prices.

The Australian government’s recent Innovation Statement will help to boost the country’s mining equipment, technology and services (METS) exports.

Energy Resources LLC has awarded Thiess a four-year contract extension at the Ukhaa Khudag (UHG) coal mine, delivering up to US$1 billion of revenue during the next seven years.

Australian contract miner, Thiess, has been awarded an AUS$760 million contract to operate the Mt Owen coal mine in New South Wales.

Australian coal miner, Glencore, may idle its Collinsville coal mine in north Queensland for three weeks and lay off 80% of staff.

Mining has gone through various technology step-changes, from the mechanisation of key processes to the limited application of automation. Now mining innovation is being driven by the convergence of IT and OT with many potential benefits.

The Pennsylvania DEP awards Winslow Township mine reclamation project to P & N Coal Company.

Achieving operational excellences remains the key mining trend, according to Deloitte’s ‘Tracking the Trends 2016’, but adapting to the ‘new normal’ dominates further down.

Foresight Energy LP has reported that on 25 November 2015 it withdrew underground mining personnel from its Deer Run mine in Illinois due to elevated carbon monoxide readings.

Results from a bankable feasibility study have indicated that Paringa Resources’ Buck Creek No. 1 coal mine will have a low capex, low opex FOB barge and be a high-margin coal mine.

A round-up of some of this week's key news items from the international coal industry, from updates on coal-fired power plants to the latest sales and acquisitions.

Phuthuma Nhleko will step down from Anglo American’s board.