Rio Tinto selects Jan du Plessis’s successor
Rio Tinto selects its next chairman of the company and succeed Jan du Plessis.
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FAMUR and Polish Development Fund collaborate to help Polish mining industry
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 to acquire US mining equipment distributor
Atlas Copco agrees to acquire the assets of Cate Drilling Solutions LLC.
Three-year wage settlement approved for South African coal workers
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.
Lenton Joint Venture acquires Burton coal mine
New Hope’s Lenton Joint Venture acquires mining tenements and their infrastructure at the Burton coal mine from Peabody.
Universal acquires additional 51% stake in Eloff project
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 operations win national coal mining reclamation award
Arch Coal Inc. receives national mining reclamation award for Coal-Mac operations in West Virginia.
Oracle signs MoU with major Chinese firms to advance the Thar project
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 buys coal mines from Caledon and Blackwater
Bounty Mining acquires Cook Colliery and Minyango project from Caledon Coal Pty Ltd and Blackwater Coal Pty Ltd.
West Cumbria Mining completes initial work at Sandwith Anhydrite
West Cumbria Mining successfully completes initial underground investigations and drift inspection works at Sandwith Anhydrite mine.
US federal agencies honour top mine safety, environmental and technology leaders
Officials from the US NIOSH, the OSMRE, the NMA and the Bureau of Land Management honour top safety, environmental and technology leaders in the mining industry.
Marfork Coal’s Coon Cedar Grove mine workers recognised for safety
Marfork Coal Co. LLC, an affiliate of Alpha Natural Resources, recognised for outstanding safety performance at its Coon Cedar Grove mine.
FLSmidth finalises takes over of part of Sandvik Mining Systems
FLSmidth acquires Sandvik Mining Systems’ continuous surface mining and minerals handling technologies.
RCT’s Guidance Automation reaches milestone of five million operating hours
RCT making significant progress on its automation journey with its Guidance Automation reaching over five million operating hours.
South African coal mine switches to Atlas Copco LED light towers
Atlas Copco Portable Energy has supplied a coal mine in South Africa with LED light towers, improving their overall efficiency and reducing their carbon footprint.