Mining

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.

Universal Coal has announced mining of the first ROM coal at its Kangala coal mine in South Africa.

African Energy and ACWA Power have signed an agreement for the development of a power station and integrated coal mine in Botswana.

The former UK Coal Mining company has been fined £200 000 after admitting serious safety failings that led to the death of a miner in 2011.

Trolex looks at the uptake of methane monitoring and recovery systems in underground coal mines.

The Yitai Group has awarded Siemens a contract for two shaft hoisting machines in a new coal mine.