Special reports

Dr Andrew Minchener, IEA Clean Coal Centre, looks at the challenges and opportunities for coal gasification in developing countries.

Dr Elizabeth Stephens, JLT Specialty Ltd, provides an insight into the Colombian coal industry.

Dr Elizabeth Stephens, JLT Specialty Ltd, provides an insight into the Colombian coal industry.

World Coal reports from the 33rd Coaltrans World Coal Conference on Australia’s competitive position in global coal supply.

Cesare D’Amico, CEO of D’Amico Shipping Italia, explained the need for investment in ecoships at the Coaltrans 33rd World Coal Conference, Berlin.

Mining giant BHP Billiton has donated AU$ 500,000 to Red Cross disaster relief in the Philippines.

James McNally, Wardell Armstrong International, UK, discusses approaches to mine management.

Sipho Nkosi, Exxaro, discusses developments in the South African coal mining industry at the 33rd Coaltrans world coal conference, Berlin.

WellDog has commercialised a new service for concurrent in-situ measurement of CBM content and permeability.

In the second part of this article, AMC Consultants offer insights into how mining companies can balance risk and scale in project development.

Michael Beyer discusses coal mining developments in the Illinois Coal Basin at Coaltrans world coal conference, Berlin.

World Coal reports from the 33rd Coaltrans Conference, Berlin, on the outlook for global steel markets.

Pawel Smolen, president of EURACOAL, addresses delegates at the Coaltrans world coal conference in Berlin.

At the Coaltrans world coal conference in Berlin, speakers see reason for optimism in the global coal industry.

In the second of two articles for World Coal, Santu Tiwari and Deepak Kumar, GlobalData, UK, provide an insight into the Russian coal industry.