Mining

RPMGlobal enters into an agreement to acquire 100% of of MinVu.

Hexagon Mining appoints former CFO as the next President of the company.

Adani Mining intends to progress its Carmichael coal mine as an owner operator.

Coal of Africa’s shareholders approve the company’s name change at its Annual General Meeting.

Caterpillar and FTP Solutions have developed a cooperative agreement to deliver proactive monitoring and management of mining technology applications.

Rio Tinto selects its next chairman of the company and succeed Jan du Plessis.

FAMUR S.A. and Polish Development Fund (Polski Fundusz Rozwoju – PFR) have signed an agreement of common investing in Mining Equipment Finance Sp. z o.o.

Atlas Copco agrees to acquire the assets of Cate Drilling Solutions LLC.

The Chamber of Mines of South Africa finalises a three-year wage settlement with the National Union of Mineworkers on behalf of a number of major coal producers.

New Hope’s Lenton Joint Venture acquires mining tenements and their infrastructure at the Burton coal mine from Peabody.

Universal Coal Development IV, a joint venture between Universal Coal and Ndalamo Resources, has acquired Manyeka Coal Mines, upping Universal Coal’s stake in the Eloff project.

Arch Coal Inc. receives national mining reclamation award for Coal-Mac operations in West Virginia.

Oracle Power signs a Memorandum of Understanding with Sichuan Provincial Investment Group Co. Ltd and PowerChina International Group Ltd for its Thar project, in Pakistan.

Bounty Mining acquires Cook Colliery and Minyango project from Caledon Coal Pty Ltd and Blackwater Coal Pty Ltd.

West Cumbria Mining successfully completes initial underground investigations and drift inspection works at Sandwith Anhydrite mine.