Mining

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.

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 Co. LLC, an affiliate of Alpha Natural Resources, recognised for outstanding safety performance at its Coon Cedar Grove mine.

FLSmidth acquires Sandvik Mining Systems’ continuous surface mining and minerals handling technologies.

RCT making significant progress on its automation journey with its Guidance Automation reaching over five million operating hours.

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.

Allegiance Coal is advancing the Telkwa metallurgical coal project towards production.

The review has investigated falling productivity levels at the Appin Area 9 project and has made recommendations for a longwall move.

FAMUR’s has expanded services at its Karraganda operating station.

US Senators, the US Secretary of Labor and MSHA officials take a mine safety tour of Pocahontas Beckley mine in West Virginia.

The report also indicates that Whitehaven had a strong safety performance over the quarter.