Special reports

Handling Week 2017: Harold A. Walker and Donna F. Walker, PICOR, USA, illustrate how modern coal ports can advance shiploading and eliminate port pollution.

Handling Week 2017: Paul Harrison, Martin Engineering, USA, provides part one of a two part series on conveyor belt mistracking, including ways to identify and combat these misalignments.

Handling Week 2017: Harold A. Walker and Donna F. Walker, PICOR, USA, explore the dangers of hatches and hatch covers on ocean-going coal vessels and how a new technology could avoid such risks, reduce costs and improve safety.

BMI Research has released its outlook for India’s power sector.

In World Coal December, Rebecca Long Pyper, Dome Technology, USA, looked at the changing face of US coal and why companies are using domes to store product.

In World Coal December, Ralph Story, PEBCO Inc., USA, provided an overview of a start-up testing operation of the company’s batch weigh train loading system in South Africa.

In the December issue of World Coal, Steve Doyle, President of BtuBaron LLC, provided the consultancy’s half-time report on coal prices.

GlobalData has released its global coal cost curves.

In World Coal November, Rohit Vedhara, Aum Energy, Singapore, and Gary Love, Verso Energy, Australia, explain the company’s advancements in microbial coal conversion.

Amy Gibbs, JLT Mining, examined how political activism is undermining Colombian coal in World Coal’s latest issue.

Assessing the future potential of hybrid solutions for onsite mining power generation.

How did a coal-fired power plant in the Philippines overcome difficult soil conditions to construct its coal storage dome?

Much has changed in the coal industry over recent years – but not the need for coal buyers and suppliers to manage social and environmental risks in the supply chain.

Reopening of Isaac Plains coal mine has bucked the trend of mine closures and divestments in the coal industry. Nick Jorss, Stanmore Coal’s Managing Director, talks to World Coal about the project.

Improving technologies and machine learning are helping mining operations drive down operational costs, without sacrificing tonnage.