Mining

Hexagon Mining acquires Australia-based technology company, MiPlan.

The new legislation is intended to streamline the permitting process to boost job creation.

Tenova TAKRAF acquires the assets of FMC Technologies’ Material Handling Systems business unit based in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, US.

Peabody Energy provides update regarding additional support for its plan of reorganisation.

Whitehaven Coal revises its production guidance for its Narrabri longwall operation, but remains on track to achieve its group 2017 saleable production guidance.

OSMRE has announced more than US$180 million in funding availability for states and tribes for abandoned coal mine reclamation.

Teck has reported that unionised employees at its Fording River and Elkview steelmaking coal mines in British Columbia have ratified new five year collective agreements.

Peabody files reogranisation plan to move forward with its Chapter 11 processes.

Preliminary data released by the US Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration indicates the lowest number of mining deaths ever recorded.

Caterpillar makes Executive Office appointments and changes, effective 1 January 2017. 

While MINExpo 2016 was filled with the latest heavy equipment developments, much of the buzz was around technology solutions for the mining industry, World Coal December reviewed some of these new solutions.

Two Russian longwall mines recently surpassed the national monthly coal production record.

Many products and technology innovations were released at MINExpo 2016, World Coal reviews the latest developments released for mining trucks.

Heading inside the big iron, various engine and component innovations were on display at MINExpo 2016, as reported in World Coal December.

World Coal heads underground to review the latest equipment launches at MINExpo from major OEMs.