February 9, 2010

Arch Coal’s Mountain Laurel and Coal-Mac win West Virginia safety and environmental awards

Arch Coal subsidiary Mingo Logan Coal Co’s Mountain Laurel complex has earned top honours for underground mine safety from the West Virginia Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training. In addition,…

February 9, 2010

Caterpillar Inc. Joins Industry and Government Partnership to Deliver State-of-the-Art Clean-Coal Technology

PEORIA, Ill. – Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) today announced its intent to join the FutureGen Alliance, a public-private partnership established to build […]

February 8, 2010

Xstrata’s coal unit declares force majure on Rollestone mine shipment

The group said the rail line has been closed due to a derailment and the shipment is likely to be delayed rather than cancelled

January 19, 2010

Wyoming coal production slides

TOP US coal-producing state Wyoming suffered its first production decline in more than 10 years in 2009….more at International Longwall News

January 18, 2010

Mozambique approves new coal-fired power station

Australian coal producer Riversdale Mining has received environmental approval from Mozambique for the construction of its Benga power plant. The power station, which would be developed in two stages, would…

January 15, 2010

Hail Creek takes delivery of P&H electric mining shovel

P&H MinePro Services (Australasia) has delivered and commissioned a P&H 4100XPC electric mining shovel to Rio Tinto Coal Australia’s Hail Creek mine […]

January 14, 2010

Milestone project demonstrates innovative mercury emissions reduction technology could help coal plants comply

An innovative technology that could potentially help some coal-based power generation facilities comply with anticipated new mercury emissions standards was successfully demonstrated in a recently concluded milestone project at a…

January 14, 2010

John Holland scoops up Isaac Plains contract

JOHN Holland has won a $A260 million mining contract from Aquila Resources and Vale for the Isaac Plains open cut coal mine […]

January 13, 2010

Coal expansion sees approval despite dispute

An expansion of a coal mine north of Wollongong has been granted approval after appeals against it have been dismissed in the […]

January 11, 2010

Whitehaven Coal getting suite of communication and tracking products for new Narrabri North mine.

To cover safety and emergency mine communications, as well as day to day management requirements, Narrabri North is installing two main Mine Site Technologies’ communication infrastructures: the PED communication and…