by Gordon Barratt | May 19, 2020 | News
Global miner Glencore Plc and Japan’s Tohoku Electric Power agreed on a price of $68.75 per tonne for thermal coal from Australia for the year through March 2021, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Monday. The price, which serves as an industry...
by Gordon Barratt | May 18, 2020 | News
Kangala Colliery in South Africa. Image: Universal Coal. TerraCom has tightened its hold on Universal Coal as it moves to acquire all of the shares it does not already own in the company. After receiving more than 92 per cent of Universal Coal shareholders’ votes on...
by Gordon Barratt | May 18, 2020 | News
The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has awarded scholarships to three women in the minerals industry to help them secure company board positions. The $12,000 scholarships will be used toward completing the company directors course at the Australian Institute of...
by Gordon Barratt | May 18, 2020 | News
The government opening coal mining for the private sector would ensure better availability of coal and attract foreign investment in the sector, industry experts said on Saturday. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her fourth tranche of the economic package...
by Gordon Barratt | May 18, 2020 | News
Excavators operate at a coal mine owned by PT Berau Coal in Binungan, East Kalimantan. (JP/Indra Harsaputra ) United States chemical company Air Products & Chemicals will team up with two local companies, Bakrie Capital Indonesia and Ithaca Resources, to build a...
by Gordon Barratt | May 15, 2020 | News
The Chamber of Minerals and Energy WA conducts mine rescue competitions every year to maintain life-saving skills.(ABC Goldfields: Jarrod Lucas) Western Australia’s mining industry has a bloody history — nearly 1,900 workers have died on the job in the past 130...