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Following results from the first coke tests at its Zambeze coal project, Riversdale Mining has announced that the project will produce hard coking coal. The results come from two coal seams, and the company plans to test the remaining seams in Q1 2011.
Peabody energy will expand production at its Gateway mine, Illinois, by 40% to 4.5 million tpa to meet demand. The expansion is expected to cost US$ 175 million.
In India, plans are afoot to increase coal production by introducing a bill that will mean that the mines must share a portion of their profits with the locals.
Continental Coal Ltd’s Vlakvarkfontein coal mine has exceeded its monthly production target of 100,000 t during its second full month of operation.
South East Asian coal producing countries should be cheering on its revival. However, Ng Weng Hoong explains why they will also be grappling with uncertainties brought on by their increased economic dependence on, and the environmental impact of mining and handling, coal.
American Petroleum Institute says Clean Air Act is not designed to address greenhouse gas emissions.
Cockatoo Coal has announced that it has raised AU$ 150.8 million to fund its joint purchase of five coal development and exploration assets in Australia.
New Recovery Act funding boosts industrial carbon capture and storage research and development.
A consortium including B9 Coal, WSP Group, AFC Energy and Linc Energy is to develop a new clean coal project that will combine alkaline fuel cell technology with underground coal gasification.
September 2010: Kay Sever explains how the process of discovery is a subtle but important dynamic in every improvement programme.
The UK Government wish to license under sea CCS.
India’s Adani Group will help to build a coal export railway in Indonesia’s Southern Sumatra Province in another example of the country’s investment in natural resources abroad. Meanwhile, the Mongolian Government has rejected a direct rail link to China from the massive Tavan Tolgoi resource, citing the possible effect such a link would have on its sovereignty.