After a three-day standoff, coal miners in Pike County, Kentucky, who were blocking the railroad track demanding back pay, ended their protest. The four miners were paid and agreed to leave the tracks. The miners camped out...
Read MoreTri-State Generation and Transmission Association announced the retirement of its remaining New Mexico coal-fired power plant by the end of 2020 and its remaining Colorado coal plants and coal mine by 2030. This includes the...
Read MoreCONSOL Energy recently acquired a 25% stake in CFOAM Corp. for $3.5 million. The company also provided a $1.1-million-term loan to CFOAM LLC for working capital and invested another $400,000 to acquire a first lien note,...
Read MoreJENNMAR plans to rebrand TungsteMet as XCAL Industries, which manufactures tungsten carbide blanks. The company said it will also form XCAL Tools to consolidate several lines, including JENNMAR McSweeney’s, JENNMAR SANSHELL,...
Read MoreThe Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) plans to retire the Dolet Hills coal-fired power plant in Louisiana by the end of 2026. This was part of an agreement with environmental organization the Sierra Club approved by the...
Read MoreTeck Resources Ltd. has expanded its commercial agreement with Ridley Terminals for shipping coal from Teck’s British Columbia operations. The agreement runs from January 2021 to December 2027, and increases contracted capacity...
Read MoreIndonesian state-owned coal miner PT Bukit Asam is targeting around 30 million metric tons (mt) of coal production for 2020, according to Reuters. That’s a 1.5-million-mt increase over the company’s 2019 production. Bukit Asam...
Read MoreNorthWestern Energy said it will file an application for pre-approval with the Montana Public Service Commission to acquire Puget Sound Energy’s (PSE) 25% interest, 185 megawatts of generation, in Colstrip Unit 4 for $1. In...
Read MoreThe National Mining Association (NMA) announced that Jeffrey Dawes of Komatsu will chair MINExpo INTERNATIONAL 2020. A longtime leader within Komatsu and the industry, Dawes is vice president of Komatsu’s Global Mining Business...
Read MoreBy Gavin du Venage Some of the largest mining operations around South Africa have ground to a halt as the country once again undergoes rolling electricity blackouts. In late November, the country’s state-owned energy utility...
Read MoreCN and Teck Resources Ltd. announced a long-term rail agreement for shipping of steelmaking coal from Teck’s four British Columbia operations between Kamloops and Neptune terminals, and other West Coast ports. The agreement runs...
Read MoreBrazil’s Vale SA will place its Mozambican coal operations on maintenance for three months, which accounts for about one-third of the southeast African country’s export earnings. Mozambique exported $1.7 billion worth of the...
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