Several BHP Group shareholders, including the Church of England pension fund, are recommending the company suspend its membership in industry groups that advocate for policies inconsistent with the Paris climate change agreement.
The resolution was fi…
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Anyone approaching the railroad tracks late last month from US Route 119 outside Cumberland, Kentucky, would have seen the mass of pop-up tents, and perhaps the hand-scrawled sign in capital letters, darkened from heavy rain: “COAL OR WORKERS — WHICH …
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Thermal coal miner Intra Energy on Tuesday warned customers that costs for its Tanzanian coal would increase after the mining commission from that country demanded that a royalty be imposed on the transport of coal.
Intra Energy operates the Tancoal m…
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Botswana-listed Minergy has successfully started mining operations at the Masama coal project, in Botswana, exposing the first 340 000 t of coal.
This represents about three months’ nameplate production.
Minergy expects first saleable coal from Masama this month Read More »
Coal miner New Hope Corporation on Monday followed through on its threats, dismissing 150 workers from its New Acland mine, in Queensland.
The company on Friday warned of the imminent redundancies in a bid to prompt the Queensland government into acti…
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Coal miner Bathurst Resources has exercised its first tranche investment into the Crown Mountain coking coal project, in Canada.
Bathurst in 2018 struck a C$121.5-million agreement with project owner Jameson Resources to acquire a 50% interest in the …
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State-run miner Coal India Limited’s (CIL’s) dominant position in the domestic market is unlikely to change any time soon even though the Indian government has permitted 100% foreign direct investment (FDI) in coal mining, paving the way for the entry…
CIL’s domestic dominance unlikely to change Read More »
The New South Wales Independent Planning Commission (IPC) has approved a A$381-million mine to be jointly developed by major Glencore and US coal producer Peabody Energy.
The United Wambo coal mine is a brownfields opencut mine combining the existing …
Glencore/Peabody JV gets enviro nod Read More »
Coal miner New Hope Group has warned on Friday that the company would be making 150 staff at its New Acland coal mine, in Queensland, redundant at the start of next week, unless the state government awarded a mining lease for the Stage 3 operation.
Th…
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South African coal producer Buffalo Coal has appointed Graham du Preez as interim CFO. He succeeds Emma Oosthuizen, who will continue to act as Buffalo’s interim CEO.
Buffalo appoints interim CFO Read More »
