Shares in Bisichi Mining, the UK miner with direct coal mining operations in South Africa announced that it gained 5.7 percent after the company posts a record set of full-year results, with Numis Securities keeping its buy recommendation on the stock. For full story, click here
Coalcorp Mining Inc. announced that it is providing its fifth Default Status Report in accordance with National Policy 12-203: Cease Trade Orders for Continuous Disclosure Defaults. For full story, click here
Australia’s Riversdale Mining declared that it has been granted a mining licence for the Benga Coal project in Mozambique. For full story, click here
Red Hill Energy (CVE:RH) announced today that their 100% owned Ulaan Ovoo coal project in Mongolia received a positive pre-feasibilty study. The study shows at a coal price of $76US/tonne, an after tax and royalty NPV of $US250 million with a discount rate of 10%.
The long-term fuel supply pact between the country’s biggest coal producer, Coal India, and power utilities led by navratna firm NTPC is set to miss the April-30 deadline on account of procedural delays. Coal India Chairman Partha S Bhattacharyya stated: All the issues between both the parties have been worked out and the pact is [...]
China Shenhua Energy Co., the country’s biggest coal producer, declared that its first-quarter profit surged 17.2 percent, supported by higher prices and a revival in demand thanks to the government’s economic stimulus spending. For full story, click here
Yanzhou Coal Mining, a Chinese coal producer declared that its Q1 net profit has been down by 48.5%. For full story, click here
Arch Coal Inc.’s bleak first-quarter earnings, dismal 2009 profit outlook and output cuts sent shares tumbling for the second straight day and prompted two analysts to cut the coal company’s price target. For full story, click here
European API2 coal swaps settled little changed on Monday in relatively thin trading. Coal swaps dip around $2.50 by midday in line with weaker oil prices but later recovered most of the earlier losses. For full story, click here
The Queensland government declared that it will try to find jobs for 360 coal workers sacked from a central Queensland mine, as a new report raises fears of job cuts in tourism. For full story, click here
Thursday, April 30, 2009