Coal news updates

Sunrise Coal, LLC would like to congratulate the members of the Mine Rescue team on their outstanding performance in the 2019 National Mine Rescue, First Aid, Bench and Pre-shift Contest.

The QCoal Foundation is making a real difference with its ongoing support of regional communities by providing funding for Queensland students willing to study and work in the regions.

According to the new policy, AXIS will not provide insurance or facultative reinsurance for new thermal coal or tar sands extraction and pipeline projects and their dedicated infrastructure.

August 2019 marked the 10 year anniversary of JENNCHEM’s inception.

According to the results from January to September 2019, Eastern Mining Company completed 70% of the annual plan for the extraction and transhipment of coal.

Mitsui OSK, Lines Ltd (MOL) and Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. have announced both companies' intention to move ahead with a joint study related to installation of world's first hard sail system (Wind Challenger) on a coal carrier.

Sunrise Coal’s mine rescue team has placed second overall in the 2019 National Mine Rescue, First Aid, Bench and Pre-shift contest.

The Coal Authority is to remediate an unrecorded coal mine shaft found under a road in East Lothia (Scotland).

“40% of surveyed CEOs are currently investing in the research and development of low emission technologies from carbon capture and storage to energy efficiency projects,” says QRC.

A ship with a deadweight of 82 000 t recently left the Port of Taman loaded with Sibanthracite Group coal that is to be unloaded for buyers in European ports, while another ship has already left for Vietnam.

Research and development resulting from the Coal FIRST initiative will underpin coal-fired power plants that are capable of flexible operations to meet the needs of the evolving grid.

Environmental Liability Transfer, Inc. (ELT) today announced the purchase of the retired Fox Lake generating plant from Alliant Energy’s Iowa energy company.

The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) has welcomed Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s announcement that laws dealing with dangerous protestors will be fast-tracked.

The National Mining Association (NMA) has welcomed a ruling from the US District Court for the District of Wyoming providing a preliminary injunction halting compliance with the Obama-era coal valuation rule.

CONSOL Energy Inc. and CONSOL Coal Resources LP will each issue its third quarter earnings release before the market opens on 5 November 2019.

Several additional crews have been employed to speed up the preparation works and start mining at the Bzie-Debina mine.

NTPC’s installed capacity now reaches 57 106 MW, with two 660 MW units at Tanda and Khargone super thermal power plants.

Paringa shipped approximately 136 Kt of product barged from the company's dock on the Green River, up from approximately 26 Kt shipped during the June quarter.

Mechel PAO has reported the launch of a new longwall at Sibirginskaya Underground Mine, which is part of Southern Kuzbass Coal Company.

The report brings to the fore the growth course of the mined anthracite coal market for the forecast period of 2019 - 2027.

The project had received its Environmental Authority for the AUS$1 billion Olive Downs project.

EPA proposed the deletion on 31 July 2019, and held a 30 day comment period.

The new pumping system assists in reducing the inventory of mine-affected water on the site.

The keynote focused on state-of-the-art energy R&D, and scientific and technological initiatives related to fossil energy that bring together multidisciplinary teams to meet some of the nation’s most important energy challenges.