The African Development Bank (AfDB) will not fund a coal-fired power plant project in Kenya and said it does not have any plans to finance new coal plants in the future, senior officials told Reuters. The lender published an...
Read MoreThe New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) notified Foresight Energy LP on November 8, it was suspending trading of the partnership’s common units and commenced delisting proceedings. This was a result of the NYSE’s determination that...
Read MoreCoal traders said they expect the restrictions on Australian coal to remain in force for a while as the Chinese government seeks to moderate a spike in coal imports to protect domestic supply, according to Australia’s Financial...
Read MoreU.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) introduced the Bipartisan American Miners Act of 2019 on November 6, which will protect health care and pension...
Read MoreOn Monday, November 4, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced two proposed regulations — one that applies to the management of coal combustion residuals (CCR) from electric utilities and one that revises the...
Read MoreBy Steve Fiscor BEIJING, China—Coal mining thrives in China. This week, more than 40,000 visitors were expected to pass through the China Coal & Mining Expo, a biennial mining equipment exposition that takes place in...
Read MoreThe Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and Navajo Transitional Energy Co. (NTEC) reached a short-term agreement last week that will allow coal production at the Spring Creek mine to resume, according to The...
Read MoreOn October 29, Murray Energy and some of its subsidiaries filed for Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio. According to its parent company, Murray Energy Holdings Co., it entered into a...
Read MoreBy Jesse Morton At its annual general meeting, BHP shareholders voted against the company pulling out of industrial organizations with pro-coal ties, according to wire reports. The resolution foisted at the meeting in London was...
Read MoreOn October 18, Contura Energy Inc. closed on the transaction with Eagle Specialty Materials LLC (ESM), an affiliate of FM Coal LLC, to acquire the Eagle Butte and Belle Ayr thermal coal mines located in the Powder River Basin...
Read MorePeabody was honored this week with three national awards recognizing the company’s safety and land restoration efforts. The Rawhide Mine Coal Processing Facility near Gillette, Wyoming, received a prestigious Sentinels of Safety...
Read MoreThis week BelAZ signed a contract to supply 77 136-metric-ton (mt) BELAZ-75137 haul trucks to Coal India Limited, the world’s largest coal-producing company. According to the agreement BelAZ will also be supplying spare parts...
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