April 3, 2019

US National Mining Association President and CEO to retire

Hal Quinn has served as president and chief executive officer for 11 years – the longest-tenured head of the organization.

April 2, 2019

Glencore, Tohoku Electric set coal contract price at $94.75/T

The price, which serves as an industry benchmark for supplies of seaborne thermal coal in Asia, was 14% lower than a price agreed for the year through September this year.

April 1, 2019

Former coal-fired power plant in Ontario becomes solar facility

Since 2014, Ontario Power Generation stopped using coal to generate electricity in Canada's most populous province.

March 31, 2019

Northern Vancouver Island’s mineral potential to be surveyed

According to Geoscience BC, every time its team runs projects like this one, new investment comes into the region at hand.

March 27, 2019

Mitsubishi completes sale of interest in Gregory Crinum coking coal mine in Australia

BHP, the holder of the remaining interest in the mine, also completed its sale of their 50% interest to Sojitz.

March 26, 2019

China boosts coal mining capacity despite climate pledges

China added 194 million tonnes of coal mining capacity in 2018 despite vows to eliminate excess capacity in the sector and to reduce fossil fuel consumption.

March 25, 2019

China’s Feb coking coal imports from Australia fall 21%

Australian imports were at 1.16 million tonnes last month, compared to 1.47 million tonnes in February 2018.

March 24, 2019

Bosnia’s 300 MW power plant to go offline for 35-day overhaul on Mar. 25

The Stanari coal-fired power plant in Doboj is the first privately-funded power plant in the Western Balkans.

March 22, 2019

U.S. coal miners are shovelling more money than ever at investors

Strong export prices are providing healthy cash flows for now. But with U.S. utilities largely shifting to cheap natural gas and clean renewables, there’s not much reason to dig new…

March 20, 2019

Coal mining comes back to the UK with $218 million project

West Cumbria Mining plans to open the country’s first new deep coal mine is a step closer after councillors in the English county of Cumbria unanimously approved the project.