Australia coal news

Mining royalties will deliver an AUS$208 million budget boost to New South Wales government revenues over the next four years.

Stanmore Coal has taken steps to prepare for any weather-based disruption to coal production at Isaac Plains.

The high coal prices have seen a spike in Queensland government revenues, as it announced its largest budget surplus in a decade.

Jindal Steel and Power is ramping up production at its southern Africa and Australian coal mines on the back of stronger coal prices.

The independent Planning Assessment Commission will make the final decision on an administrative modification application for the Bulga underground mine near Singleton, Australia.

Daniel Gall has been appointed Chief Finance Officer of ASX-listed coal company, Baralaba Coal.

A coal shiploader at Queensland Bulk Handling, a coal export terminal owned by New Hope Group, has been recommissioned after suffering significant damage in a storm last month.

Azad Bhura has resigned as director of Wollongong Coal for unspecified personal reasons.

TerraCom has finalised an AUS$ million placement to new and existing institutions and sophisticated investors.

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