Mining

US Judge intends to confirm Peabody Energy’s plan of reorganisation, making way for the company to begin its plan of emergence.

SciDev signs a two-year contract with Peabody Energy for the supply of an OptiFlox system and chemicals at Peabody’s Wilpinjong coal mine in New South Wales, Australia.

CoAL has released its results for the six months ending December 2016.

The ACCC raises concerns about South32’s potential acquisition of Metropolitan, indicating it could remove competition in Australian metallurgical coal supply and impact steelmakers.

Tanzania has awarded a coal mining licence to the local unit of Nigeria's Dangote Cement as part of plans to lower the company's production costs and ease disruptions caused by energy shortages.

Mechel PAO is to launching a new longwall at V.I. Lenina underground mine which is part of Southern Kuzbass Coal Company.

The company has introduced GeoLogic, a modelling software solution to aid in the construction of drillholes.

TerraCom appoints James Soorley, as a Non-Executive Director, to the board of TerraCom and announces Hwee Fang Loo’s resignation.

After a planned leadership transition, Jan du Plessis will retire as Rio Tinto Chairman.

Production has increased from Project F at the company’s Amaam coal project.

“We are happy to welcome Secretary Zinke to the Interior family,” said OSMRE Acting Director, Glenda Owens.

Jennmar enters agreement with American Mine Door of Cleveland to be the US distributor of the EcoVent™ equipment doors for underground mining applications.

Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology have announced an agreement with IBM to jointly develop offerings in Data Driven Productivity and Predictive Maintenance services for the mining and rock excavation industry.

Ausdrill subsidiary BTP Equipment has secured a 24-month, AUS$70 million extension to its existing contract with Peabody Energy Australia.

Maptek appoints James Moncrieff as the General Manager across Europe, Middle East, North Africa and CIS.