Mining

A new longwall face has been launched at Mechel’s Olzherasskaya-Novaya coal mine in the Kuzbass region of Russia.

Russian coal company, SUEK, has ordered a new Cat armoured face conveyor and beam stage loader for its Kotinskaya coal mine in the Kuzbass region of Russia.

Cloud Peak Energy’s Cordero Rojo coal mine is to receive the 2015 Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Award for its restoration work on the Belle Fourche River.

The increased use of scrap steel in the steelmaking process will reduce demand growth for metallurgical coal and iron ore.

Production at Guidlford Coal’s Baruun Noyon Uul metallurgical coal mine is on track to reach 125 000 tpm by the end of year.

Kibo Mining reports significantly improved financials for the Mbeya coal to power project’s coal mine component.

A round-up of some of this week’s key news items from the international coal industry, from project updates to the latest statements on HELE coal technologies and CCS.

Patriot Coal Corp. announces that it will start a plan of reorganisation.

Tenova enters into final negotiations with SGS to sell its EPCM business operations based in South Africa: Bateman Projects.

More than 100 companies, research and educational institutions from across Europe have joined together under the patronage of the European Union to form the EIT Material.

Solid Energy is considering potentially ending production at its Huntly East mine in Waikato, New Zealand, due to the company seeing the underground coal mine as not profitable and unsalable.

Westmoreland Coal Co.'s Wyoming Kemmerer coal mining operation increases equipment utilisation, production, operational efficiencies and worker safety through deploying Zebra Technologies' WLAN infrastructure.

Coal dust creation is a pervasive hazard of underground mining, harmful to both people and machines. Controlling it is therefore a key priority.

The Murray River coal project is the first proposed longwall coal mine in British Columbia. Minister of Energy and Mines, Bill Bennett, has stated that the project could potentially generate billions in economic benefits.

Murray Energy has sued the Obama Administration’s Office of Surface Mining for withholding records regarding the Stream Protection Rule.