November 29, 2018 India’s Adani says to fully fund its troubled Australia coal project Taking a big step closer to building the long-touted project that has faced fierce resistance from green groups.
November 26, 2018 MacMines Australia gets environmental nod for mega coal mine in Queensland The company's 20,000-hectare China Stone thermal coal project is expected to produce 38 million tonnes of coal annually.
November 23, 2018 UK’s Banks Mining wins challenge to government rejection of new coal mine Britain's High Court quashed the government's rejection of the new mine on the grounds that the minister did not provide adequate evidence for his decision.
November 22, 2018 Sibanye shuts gold mines in South Africa as strike turns violent Operations at Driefontein, Kloof and Beatrix mines were halted late on Wednesday.
November 21, 2018 Indonesia’s push for electrification and its impact on domestic coal – report Due to better coal economics and relatively unsupportive renewable energy policies, we expect coal to still dominate the fuel mix at more than 60% from now until 2027.
November 19, 2018 China National Coal signs 5 year supply contracts with state utilities China National Coal Group will supply in 2019 more than 97 million tonnes of coal to six utilities, with volumes rising in each subsequent year of the deals.
November 16, 2018 Australia’s coal revival in full swing by 2019 The outlook for coal depends basically on the growth of electricity and steel production in Asia.
November 16, 2018 BHP blames driver error, brake problem for runaway train wreck BHP said its initial findings of the Nov. 5 incident showed the nearly 3-km (1.9 miles) long train came to a halt after a braking system control cable became disconnected.
November 16, 2018 South Africa’s Eskom revises coal contract strategy, seeks supply security Eskom, which supplies more than 90 percent of the nation's power, has warned of potential power outages amid low coal inventories after a major supplier cut supplies and sought insolvency…
November 15, 2018 Sinking shipping gauge signals trouble for iron ore, coal price Rates for dry bulk cargo carriers have collapsed 70% since August.
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