December 20, 2011 Peabody Energy completes acquisition of Macarthur Coal Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of all outstanding shares in Macarthur Coal Limited and holds 100 percent of the company.
December 20, 2011 China’s Yancoal proposes assets merger with Gloucester Coal According to a source close to the deal, Chinese-controlled Yancoal Australia has approached Gloucester Coal with a plan to merge their neighbouring coal assets in Australia.
December 19, 2011 Redpath launches dedicated coal division with major project announcement Redpath, one of the world’s leading mining contractors, has launched its dedicated Australian coal mining division as it aims to position itself as one of the country’s leading mining contractors.…
December 18, 2011 New Queensland coal mine likely to kill more jobs than it creates A proposed new coal mine in Queensland is so massive it is likely to do more harm to the local economy than good.
December 18, 2011 Australia and Indian ministers discuss cooperation in mining The Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Government of Australia, Mr Bill Shorten called on the union minister for steel Mr Beni Prasad…
December 18, 2011 Shenhua invests $21b to produce alumina from coal ash China Shenhua Group, the country's largest coal producer, on Sunday kicked off construction on a project capable of producing alumina from coal ash, a waste byproduct of thermal power generation.
December 18, 2011 Russian billionaire to build USD 1 billion railroad to coal field Bloomberg reported that Billionaire Mr Ziyavudin Magomedov Summa Group won the right to build a RUB 44.3 billion section of a railroad to coal fields in East Siberia near deposits…
December 18, 2011 States and tribes receive half a billion to clean up abandoned coal mines The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement on Thursday, together with Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, announced $485 million is being given to states and tribes to eliminate…
December 17, 2011 Jobs outlook strong in Australian mining sector – survey Job seekers in the Australian mining and construction industry were likely to benefit from a favourable hiring climate in the first quarter of 2012, said recruitment solutions provider Manpower.
December 16, 2011 Facebook commits to clean energy future The news comes two years after Greenpeace launched its global Unfriend Coal Campaign (2, 3), enlisting 700,000 online activists (4) to call on Facebook to power its data centers with…
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