August 9, 2011 Coal’s share of U.S. power at record low Fascinating new data from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration: The share of electricity generated by coal during the first three months of this year was at its…
August 9, 2011 Vale: 1st Mozambique Coal Shipment Reached Beira Port Monday Brazilian mining titan Vale SA (VALE) said Tuesday the first coal train arrived Monday at the Mozambican port of Beira. The first train carried 2,200 metric tons of coal from…
August 9, 2011 SinoCoking Coal and Coke Chemical Industries, Inc. announces Hongchang and Xingsheng coal mines cleared for resumption of operations SinoCoking Coal and Coke Chemical Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOK) (the "Company" or "SinoCoking"), a vertically-integrated coal and coke processor, today announced that Hongchang and Xingsheng coal mines have been cleared…
August 9, 2011 Utilities announce coal plant closures in response to EPA regulations Electric utilities have announced the closure of dozens of coal-fired power plants, totaling thousands of megawatts (MW) of capacity in response to two recent power-plant emissions regulations from the U.S.…
August 9, 2011 CIL to invest $6bn in Indian mining projects Coal India is planning to invest about INR280bn ($6.2bn) in 68 coal mining projects in India, which have a production capacity of 230 million tonnes per annum.
August 8, 2011 Oil sands production hampers Copenhagen Accord emission targets Environment Canada predicts that emissions from oil sands production, without government intervention, is going to increase by 18% over the next decade. Canada Emissions Trends, a report on greenhouse gas…
August 8, 2011 Coal India still hopeful of overseas acquisitions Wall Street Journal reported that approval is still pending for Coal India’s (BOM:533278) planned acquisition of coal assets outside the country.
August 8, 2011 Unusual tactics in mining bid The potential joint bid by Rio Tinto and Mitsubishi Development for Coal & Allied Industries (CAIL) is a curious beast because it proposes to involve a mechanism normally used to…
August 8, 2011 Rio in joint bid for coalminer Rio Tinto and Mitsubishi are being pressured to offer a special dividend to seal a $1.49 billion attempt to mop up the shares of 150-year-old Hunter Valley miner Coal &…
August 8, 2011 Maiden 44 Mt coal reserves at De Wittekrans Coal Project South African focused thermal coal mining producer Continental Coal Limited (ASX: CCC) confirmed an initial JORC compliant saleable coal reserve of approx. 44 Mt for the De Wittekrans Coal Project.
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