Mozambique is New Coking Coal Focal Point
Mining Weekly reported that coal miners are looking to Mozambique as a source of coking coal.
Mining Weekly reported that coal miners are looking to Mozambique as a source of coking coal.
Bloomberg reported that Vale (NYSE:VALE) has begun a study regarding a potential new coal terminal in northern Mozambique.
New destinations for coal exploration are emerging in order to meet the rising demand for coal.
Reuters Africa reported that increasing need for export capacity means coal terminals in South Africa and Mozambique will be expanded.
Mineweb reported on the buzz over a major coal discovery in Mozambique.
Reuters Africa reported that Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) extended by three days its bid to acquire Riversdale (PINK:RFLMF).
Reuters Africa reported that Ncondezi (LON:NCCL) expects to start producing coal in the Zambezi coal basin by 2015.
India is on a coal buying spree ad the nation is scrambling to cover an expected shortfall in domestic supply. Coal majors are entertaining all levels of deals, from minority stakes in mines to becoming an operator. Many are chasing stakes in large-scale mines of 10 million to 15 million tonnes a year. Also being eyed are mid-sized thermal coal blocks in Australia.
Australia’s Riversdale Mining has completed a feasibility study for a coal mine in Mozambique and will send it to Indian firm Tata Steel, which has a 35 percent stake in the project, to analyse. For full story, click here
State-run power generation company NTPC declared that it would appoint merchant bankers next month for acquiring coal mines identified by the company in Indonesia and Mozambique. NTPC Chairman and Managing Director R S Sharma stated: We will appoint merchant bankers to do the due diligence for Indonesia and Mozambique coal mines that we identified. For [...]
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