Mining

AIM Exploration has received the approval of the local village community for its coal mine project in Otuzco Province, Peru.

BHP Billiton has announced the winners of its HSEC Awards 2014, which recognise excellence in sustainable mining practices across the company’s mining operations.

Indian conglomerate, Adani Enterprises, has lined up a US$ 1 billion loan from the State Bank of India to help finance its Carmichael coal project.

The Polish Ministry of Environment has rejected Bogdanka’s appeal over a decision not to award it a mining concession over an existing concession owned by Prairie Mining.

The surface mining equipment market registered its first gain in two and a half years, according to the latest date from Parker Bay Co.

Bangladeshi coal project developer, GCM Resources, has announced a loss of £1.3 million – down from £3.2 million the year before.

Junior mining company, AIM Exploration, has appointed an advisory board to assist in bringing its Peruvian coal properties in production and sales.

Applus RTD has opened a new office in Pittsburgh in support of Marcellus shale formation operations.

Global mining company, Anglo American, has endowed a new chair in occupational health at the Wits School of Public Health in South Africa.

Ninety percent of voters in the US elections recognised that increased oil and gas production could lead to more jobs.

Re-entry to the Pike River mine is too dangerous, according to the mine owners, Solid Energy, effectively ending hopes of recovering the bodies of miners trapped in the 2010 mine explosion.

The former prime minister of the UK, Tony Blair, will take part in a keynote interview at next year’s African Mining Indaba.

The mine of future will be the theme of the keynote session at the SME Annual Meeting & Expo 2015.

The environmental assessment process for Jameson Resources’ Crown Mountain hard coking coal project has taken another step forward.

Aspire Mining’s Northern Railways subsidiary has partnered with a Chinese rail engineering company, China Railway 20 Bureau Group.