Coal news updates

Whitehaven Coal releases its December 2018 quarterly production report.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy anticipates that it will support at least two projects.

The work involves 315 inspections at 291 sites in south Wales, including disused colliery tips, quarries and civil engineering structures.

All groups dropped in December, led by coal (-64%) and UK gas (-43%), with Euro gas and UK power both falling 32%.

The company is developing a coal project in southwest Tanzania.

According to the contract Mechel will supply Turkish steel producer Kardemir with 200 000 t of metallurgical coke in 2019.

Aurizon is helping power fast growing economies in Asia and on the Indian sub-continent with high energy, low ash coal from Australia.

The company, which is developing a thermal coal mine and power plant in northern Mozambique, has announced the receipt of shareholder loan conversion notice in relation to 526 229 shares from a lender at a conversion price of 10.0p per share.

RCT collaborates on an installation project at Glencore’s Hail Creek coal mine, where it is implementing its LED numbering system on a fleet of water trucks.

Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon has said that there has been progress benefiting the world by burning coal more cleanly and efficiently.

Following the entrapment of 15 mine workers in a ‘rat hole’ coal mine in Meghalaya (India), the Supreme Court has found that such illegal operations are continuing in the region.

According to a report by Fenwei Energy Infomation Services, Aspire Mining's Ovoot metallurgical coal is to make up for the forecast fat metallurgical coal shortage in China.

The Tlou Energy Lesedi CBM Project in Botswana currently has sufficient gas reserves for an initial development of 10 MW based on 2P gas reserves of ~41 billion ft3.

New data from Queensland’s ports has revealed total coal exports of 223 million t, surpassing the last record by 2 million t set in 2016.

21 people have been pronounced dead following a roof collapse at a Chinese coal mine in the Shaanxi province.

On 10 January, mining and engineering solutions provider, Australian Diversified Engineering, celebrated 30 years in business.

The contract will deliver an expansion on the first phase of the project at the Byerwen coal mine in Queensland, Australia.

Local organisations are being encouraged to put forward ideas for projects that could win monetary support from the Bradley surface mine’s new community benefits fund.

Protests have been conducted by Frontline Action on Coal against the proposed thermal coal project in Queensland, Australia.

According to the report by Allied Market Research, the global mining equipment market is expected to reach US$188.77 billion by 2025 from US$106.85 billion in 2017.

MSHA has taken action to counter powered haulage fatalities, which accounted for 48% of the annual fatality total.

The Queensland resources industry bolsters exports in Queensland, helping the state achieve a record export milestone.

Appraisal drilling at the project in Botswana is due to begin in the first week of February.

The company worked with new coal mines in Pennsylvania and Indiana to generate new rail carloads in 2018.