US coal miners Peabody and Arch Coal on Wednesday announced that they would combine their Powder River Basin and Colorado assets in what they describe as a “highly synergistic” joint venture (JV) aimed at strengthening the competitiveness of coal again…
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Coal miner MC Mining has signed an offtake agreement with South African steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA), which will buy hard coking coal (HCC) from Phase 1 of the Makhado coking coal project. As South Africa has a limited production of…
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President Donald Trump is scaling back sweeping Obama-era curbs on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants burning coal, his biggest step yet to fulfill his campaign promises to stop a “war" on the fossil fuel.
Yet the Environmental Protection …
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One person, an employee of mining contractor Stefanutti Stocks Mining Services, has died after sustaining injuries in a vehicle incident at coal miner Wescoal’s Vanggatfontein mine on Monday night. The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy is inve…
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ASX-listed Paringa Resources has achieved record productivity rates at its Poplar Grove mine, in western Kentucky, where underground activities are undertaken by the first mining unit (Unit 1), comprising two continuous mining machines (CMs). During th…
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ASX-listed Allegiance Coal will raise A$2.6-million through a share placement priced at 7.5c a share.
The company on Friday said that it would place more than 35.3-million shares to institutional investors, to fund its working capital requirements at …
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The majority of the planned plant upgrades at Aim-listed Edenville Energy’s flagship Rukwa coal project, in Tanzania, have been completed, the company reported on Thursday. One of the key upgrades was further modifications to the pre-screen, which had …
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Norway’s $1-trillion sovereign wealth fund may have to sell its $1-billion stake in commodities giant Glencore, among other companies that derive more than 30% of their revenue from coal, to meet proposed tighter ethical investing rules.
Under the cen…
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The CEO of Polish State-run coking coal producer JSW was sacked by the energy ministry on Tuesday following a dispute over strategy.
Shares in the company fell more than 6% on the news, which added to broader investor concerns that Poland’s governmen…
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The Gert Sibande District Municipal Planning Tribunal has approved Atha-Africa Ventures’ application for a land use change to allow for the construction of the Yzermyn underground coal mine. “Atha-Africa is extremely pleased with the decision, as this …
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