The U.S. Interior Department has said it will try to overturn a Bush administration rule that made it easier for coal mining companies to dump mountaintop debris into valley streams. The action is the latest blow to the coal industry, which defends mountaintop mining as a safer, cheaper alternative to traditional underground mining.
Coal producer Alliance Resource Partners has been credited higher prices Monday for a 68 percent rise in first-quarter profits, but declared that it’s cutting production, revenue and earnings guidance for the full year. Chief executive Jon Lloyd reported: This really does underpin the fact that UK generators see significant value in locally produced coal. For [...]
The boss of Britain’s leading producer, UK Coal declared that growing concerns about Britain’s future energy security are putting coal back on to the centre stage. For full story, click here
Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Energy declared that it is close to acquiring a sub-Saharan African thermal coal mine, which has reserves of more than 200 million tonnes, to minimise dependence on other overseas companies. For full story, click here
Weststar Resources Corp. declared that it is in receipt of results for 16 coal samples from drill hole A, where a total of 17.7 meters of coal is indicated, and potentially up to 4 meters of coal was left in the hole as suggested by gamma logs and drill core. For full story, click here
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment reported to have instructed the Dong Bac Company to cease coal mining in the area near the Yen Tu sacred mountain in Uong Bi and Dong Trieu districts of Quang Ninh province. For full story, click here
Australian mining firm Riversdale and Indian partner Tata Steel have risen their estimate of coal resources at their Benga mine in Mozambique by 90 per cent. For full story, click here
Narmada Hydroelectric Power Corporation, a NHPC subsidiary, which is setting up a 1,000 MW thermal project in Madhya Pradesh announced to have approached the Coal Ministry for providing fuel linkage to the project. For full story, click here
Ennore Coke Limited, a domestic manufacturer of metallurgical coke has announced plans to scout for land for its proposed one million tonne per annum coke plant at Dhamara port in Orissa within three to four months. Ganesan Natarajan, president and chief executive officer, Ennore Coke Limited, stated: We would start scouting for land for our [...]
Ideas for a new generation of coal-fired power plants to stave off a potential energy crisis are to be declared by the government of UK. For full story, click here
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