October 5, 2011 Coal at the crossroads: Mercury rises on coal costs Half of the airborne mercury pollution in the US comes from coal-fired power plants. After years of study and debate, the Environmental Protection Agency is planning to announce new limits…
October 5, 2011 Aston sells 10 pct stake in Maules Creek Aston Resources Ltd has agreed to sell 10% of its Maules Creek coal project in New South Wales to a subsidiary of Japan’s Electric Power Development Co Ltd for A$370…
October 5, 2011 Commodities may rally 20 pct on emerging-markets growth, Goldman Sachs says Commodity prices may advance 20 percent over the next year as growth in emerging markets offsets the impact of the sovereign-debt crisis in Europe and a slowdown in developed economies,…
October 5, 2011 Union outrage at New Hope Coal Mining unions claim New Hope Coal told employees there was “no money left” for pay raises, and there will only be wage cuts. These claims come a fortnight after New…
October 5, 2011 Apprentices ditch training for highly paid mine jobs The WA Government has urged apprentices to stick with their training after new figures indicating four out of ten drop out. At some major training providers up to half of…
October 4, 2011 EU agrees, Kosovo needs coal power Aleksandra Tomczak, writing for the World Coal Association, says the European Commission is supporting World Bank funding for a new coal-powered plant in Kosovo.
October 4, 2011 Coals to Newcastle for the first time in half a century The Independent reports the first coal to be mined in Newcastle upon Tyne for more than 50 years could be dug on the site of a 21st century science park…
October 4, 2011 Amid the gloom, coal-fired power plant construction continues Despite the gloomy talk over coal unit retirements, not all power capacity coming online involves natural gas or renewables.
October 3, 2011 Wesfarmers slashes coal price but experts see no reason to panic The price of coking coal is likely to remain buoyant despite a recent price cut by Wesfarmers and softening Chinese demand for steelmaking inputs. Wesfarmers, an Australian conglomerate based in…
October 3, 2011 China’s energy-saving campaign saves 150 million tons of coal A national energy-saving campaign involving over 1,000 companies managed to save equivalent to 150 million tons of coal from 2006 to 2010, China's top economic planner said Sunday.
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