August 19, 2011 Vale, Aquila get nod for Australia Eagle Downs mine Brazilian mining giant Vale and Aquila Resources have received a nod from the Queensland government for the Eagle Downs coal project in the Bowen Basin, granting a mining lease.
August 18, 2011 Alpha Natural Resources’ unit wins Wyoming coal tract In another sign that leasing new coal tracts in the Powder River Basin is becoming unusually competitive, Alpha Natural Resources' winning bid on Wednesday for a Wyoming coal tract also…
August 18, 2011 Anglo American share of Cerrejon expansion approved Anglo American on Thursday said the $1.3 billion expansion of Cerrejon, its 33% owned coal mine in La Guajira, Colombia, has been approved.
August 18, 2011 Kazakhstan crude steel production in Jan to Jul up 21% According to the State Statistics Committee of Kazakhstan, in January to July of the current year Kazakhstan produced 2.926 million tonnes of crude steel up by 21.4%YoY.
August 18, 2011 Coal shortage to affect 15,000-MW new capacity addition: Govt At a time when the country is embarking on ambitious power generation programmes, the shortage of coal is expected to impact new capacity addition plans to the tune of 15,000…
August 18, 2011 Expansion of Cerrejon Coal: BHP to spend US$437 million BHP Billiton today announced approval of a US$437 million (BHP Billiton share) investment to expand the Cerrejon Coal mine in La Guajira, Colombia. BHP Billiton’s investment represents one third of…
August 18, 2011 S.Africa’s Exxaro sees flat coal output in H2 9:36am BST JOHANNESBURG, Aug 18 (Reuters) - South African diversified miner Exxaro said on Thursday that it expects production difficulties to keep coal output in the second half unchanged compared…
August 18, 2011 Protesters disrupt NSW mining conference Tensions over mining and coal seam gas (CSG) exploration have boiled over at a mining conference in Sydney, with activists warning rural NSW could soon resemble an industrial wasteland. As…
August 18, 2011 Billionaire Chile president’s pet coal project could be his final undoing Chile is proceeding with a massive coal mine on an island in Patagonia near the southern tip of South America despite a high-profile viral video protest campaign and accusations that…
August 18, 2011 BHP plans rail line in threat to its biggest supplier Global miner BHP Billiton is looking to build a new rail line between some of its inland Australian coal mines and the coast in a move that could threaten dominant…
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