January 24, 2012

Cockatoo Coal Nearly Quadruples Hume Project Resource To 446 Million Tons

Cockatoo Coal Ltd. (COK.AU), one of only a handful of listed Australian coal companies with producing mines, said Tuesday it has significantly grown the resource at the Hume coking coal…

January 24, 2012

UK Coal digs its way to profit

The group hit its production target despite virtually no output from its Daw Mill colliery in Warwickshire during December.

January 23, 2012

Green energy irony: Next-door nuclear plant wants to stop world’s first clean coal power station

The Scotland Herald reports plans to build a $4.6 billion coal-fired power station in the UK with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology suffered another serious setback this week after…

January 23, 2012

FLSmidth to acquire coal equipment supplier for A$267 million

FLSmidth, a global engineering company out of Denmark, is planning a A$267 million acquisition of Ludowici Limited, an Brisbane-based company that manufactures coal centrifuges, vibrating screens and complementary wear resistant…

January 20, 2012

Coal mine accident in West Virginia claims life

An accident at a West Virginia coal mine has claimed the life of a 44-year-old man.

January 20, 2012

Push to block Wyong coal mine

A new proposal from Wallarah 2 Coal is unlikely to go ahead as tougher laws are brought into place.

January 20, 2012

WA government commits to Esperance port expansion

The WA Government’s commitment to upgrading Esperance Port has been welcomed by industry as an important step in developing mining in the state’s south.

January 20, 2012

Grande Cache says C$1bn buyout still on

TSX-listed Grande Cache Coal said on Thursday it had “no reason to believe” that a report alleging fraud at the Hong Kong-listed firm which agreed to buy it had merit.

January 19, 2012

Coal mining manufacturing plant to be built in Mackay

A new massive mining equipment facility will be built in Mackay.

January 19, 2012

Cracked coal ship on the Barrier Reef

A ship carrying more than 67 000 tonnes of coal has been discovered to have a cracked hull.