Coal news updates

The National Mining Association has applauded President Joe Biden’s Executive Order on America’s Supply Chains, which recognises the key role that minerals play in securing the availability of critical and essential goods and materials.

Argus Media has reported that the Colombian government will propose a new carbon tax on coal consumption in the power and industrial sectors, according to coal federation Fenalcarbon's new President, Carlos Cante.

Thiess’ Mount Owen team has led environmental management to ensure dust, noise and blasting emission impacts are minimised on local communities.

Babcock & Wilcox has announced that its B&W Thermal segment has booked new construction service projects in North America valued at approximately US$13 million.

IMAN has released a report for India’s import of coal for January 2021.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration collects data on whether an electric generator is owned by one company or jointly owned by several companies, and for those jointly owned, each owner’s share of ownership.

MC Mining Ltd has announced that Brenda Berlin has resigned as Acting CEO and Executive Director.

Teck Resources Ltd has announced its unaudited annual and 4Q20 results and guidance for 2021.

A new hydraulic excavator Komatsu PC-2000 has been put into operation at the Solntsevsky coal mine.

A recent exploration forum in Brisbane revealed Queensland’s resources industry has grown exponentially over the past decade, and by 77% in the past 3 years.

NETL’s Reaction Engineering Team is exploring the next breakthroughs in microwave engineering, which has the potential to create valuable chemicals from the nation’s abundant energy resources.

Vostochnaya Mining Co. has produced 1 million t of coal since the beginning of the year at the Solntsevsky coal mine, a key production asset located in the Uglegorsk region.

A NETL-supported project at the University of Kentucky successfully conducted pilot-scale testing in their facility that was designed to extract mixed rare earth elements from coal and coal by-products using advanced extraction technologies.

New data from Rystad Energy shows that, despite coal power generation hitting a 5-year low due to COVID-19, coal power is expected to remain important to India's electricity production.

Bettercoal has announced the appointment of Katie Warrick as the new Executive Director.

ABMEC has forged a collaboration with the CIS Networking Group by agreeing to carry out the group’s administrative services.

MC Mining Ltd confirms that the recruitment process for a replacement permanent CEO is at an advanced stage.

At the end of 2020, the economic effect from the implementation of the total production optimisation programme at the key assets of the VGK amounted to over RUB 140 million.

Argus Media has reported that the construction of a new 400 MW coal-fired power plant in Indonesia's Aceh regency has resumed after being halted because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Huawei has recently inaugurated the new Intelligent Mining Innovation Laboratory in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China.

In the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s ‘Annual Energy Outlook 2021’, EIA projects that US energy-related carbon dioxide emissions will decline for most years through the mid-2030s but then begin to rise slightly from the mid-2030s through 2050.

In order to control the loading and unloading operations at the Solntsevsky coal mine and Shakhtersk coal seaport, a pilot project is being introduced by the Eastern Mining Co.

CONSOL Energy Inc. has reported financial and operating results for 4Q20 and fiscal year ended 31 December 2020.

According to new research from Kpler, China have pursued increasingly aggressive import restrictions for Australian metallurgical coal tonnage.