Mining

World Coal reports from the 33rd Coaltrans Conference, Berlin, on the outlook for global steel markets.

Consol Energy plans to sell its five longwall mines in West Virginia as part of a plan to advance its growth strategy.

Westmoreland Coal reported a 9.6% growth in its third quarter revenues, thanks to stronger electricity and power demand.

At the Coaltrans world coal conference in Berlin, speakers see reason for optimism in the global coal industry.

Rio Tinto has reached a binding agreement for the sale of its interest in the Clermont joint venture mine in Queensland.

Whitehaven Coal has reported a total saleable coal production for Q3 of 2.340 million t, a new company record.

In the second of two articles for World Coal, Santu Tiwari and Deepak Kumar, GlobalData, UK, provide an insight into the Russian coal industry.

Teck reported a 41% drop in Q3 profits despite record coal sales.

Anglo American and Eskom are at loggerheads over the coal supply contract for the South African Kusile power station.

ATPK Resources is seeking to raise US$ 97 million from shares to finance an acquisition plan at its coal mining unit in Berau.

Various reports stress that Ukraine’s coal industry is in urgent need of redevelopment.

Australian mining company Peabody Energy has locked its workforce out of the Helensburgh colliery in New South Wales.

Celsius Coal has completed a field exploration programme at its Uzgen Basin coking coal project in Kyrgyzstan.

Tigers Realm Coal has raised its stake in the Amaam coking coal project, Russia, to 80%.

Blaze Energy has announced its intention to process and sell coal at the GreenFields coal mine in West Virginia.