Company Announcmement: Asia-Pacific’s premier mining exhibition returns to Sydney in August

The most important mining exhibition in Australia, Asia-Pacific’s International Mining Exhibition – AIMEX, is returning to Sydney in late August, showcasing the latest mining equipment, products and services

India’s lignite miner NLC to import coal for thermal power projects

Indian miner Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) was set to start coal imports, as its power plants, which were aimed at diversifying the company’s project portfolio, neared completion. Coal imports would start at one-million tonnes a year and...

World recognising UCG as viable – clean coal analyst

Underground coal gasification (UCG) is now being recognised globally as a viable and economic method of accessing deep, otherwise unrecoverable coal reserves, both on- and offshore, says International Energy Agency Clean Coal Centre senior analyst...

Underground coal gas power project on cards in Free State

A project that will supply underground coal gas from a deep, stranded coal deposit in the Free State to an independent power producer (IPP) is at an advanced stage of planning. Former Sasol executives Johan Brand and Eliphus Monkoe, who bought...

Indian government to revisit coal PPPs to address foreign concerns

A government-constituted panel formed with the aim of formulating a policy on private public partnerships (PPP) in the Indian coal sector was expected to draft a model framework for mine development and operations (MDO) contracts to address the...

Coal futures contract will help with coal price risk management

Broking house London Commodity Brokers (LCB) and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) are drawing up plans for the future of thermal coal, which could be a game changer for the South African coal market and help the junior mining sector to...

SA GHG emissions twice global average, says WWF-SA

South Africa’s reliance on coal-fired power has a negative effect on the country’s environment and ecosystems, as it is responsible for most greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions in the country, says World Wildlife Fund South Africa (WWF-SA) senior...

India identifies new coal blocks for gasification projects

India’s Coal Ministry has identified five lignite and two coal blocks with estimated reserves of 950-million tons that would be offered to private investors to undertake underground coal gasification projects. According to Junior Coal Minister...

Penumbra mine on track to reach steady-state production by June

South African thermal coal producer Continental Coal on Tuesday said its Penumbra coal mine was on track to reach steady-state production of about 63 000 t a month by June. The coal mining and exploration company on Tuesday reported that the mine,...

CASTING A BIG SHADOW

Mark Cutifani, the news Anglo American CEO designate, will receive basic pay of £1.2-million (R17-million) a year, plus participate in the yearly bonus share plan incentive and other perks that could take his pay to $13-million (R111-million) a...

Division to target other commodities

Mining services company Fraser Alexander’s Minerals Processing Division intends to expand its operations to other parts of the mineral beneficiation value chain, and to add additional commodities and new geographic areas, such as sub-Saharan...

Mining spend spreads across Qld, barely a postcode not benefitting – QRC

Data compiled by the Queensland Resources Council (QRC) confirms that the resources sector accounts for one in every four dollars of the state’s economy, and for one in every five jobs. Releasing the data in Brisbane on Thursday, QRC CEO...