
Rio Tinto sells interest in Bengalla coal mine
Rio Tinto sells its 40% interest in the Bengalla coal Joint Venture in Australia to New Hope Corp. for US$606 million.
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Rio Tinto sells its 40% interest in the Bengalla coal Joint Venture in Australia to New Hope Corp. for US$606 million.

Bowie Resource Partners will scale back production at Bowie #2 mine near Paonia, Colorado, as a result of idling longwall mining due to developing a new longwall panel.

NewLead Holdings has not completed the purchase of the Marrowbone coal mine as expected.

BHP Billiton sees thermal coal use dropping substantially if a global climate change agreement is reached in Paris, limiting temperature rise to 2°C.

Lyn Bates, Ajax Equipment Ltd, UK, explains how companies can improve the discharge of coal from hoppers and bins.

Tsubakimoto Europe helps mining equipment OEMs respond to mining company demands for increased reliability and improved after-sales service.

Savon Voima and KPA Unicon sign a contract of a flue gas scrubber delivery to the Pieksämäki power plant in Finland to significantly increase the efficiency of energy production.

RungePincockMinarco launches strategic partnership agreement with EnterChain Ltd to be its latest solutions partner, expanding its services across Russia and Kazakhstan.

Shares in Glencore have fell 30% in a day to close at a record low after analysts questioned the value of the company in an environment of prolonged weakness in the commodity markets.

Tsakos Columbia Shipmanagement to equip its whole fleet with SKF’s condition monitoring solution to help avoid unexpected equipment failures and reduce costs across its 70 ships.

The largest coal mining company in northeast China is to cut 100 000 jobs as the industry continues to struggle against low prices.

US coal production has increased by 438 000 short t for the week ending 19 September however due to current prices, it is difficult to produce coal economically.