by Gordon Barratt | Feb 4, 2021 | News
South African coal company Exxaro Resources will not invest in new thermal coal assets, Chief Executive Mxolisi Mgojo said on Tuesday. Exxaro, which exports coal as well as supplying it for domestic power generation, said the company would continue to supply thermal...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 4, 2021 | News
Joe Biden puts moratorium on new oil and gas leases on federal land but not for coal. Joe Biden’s executive actions to address the climate emergency have already marked him as the most ambitious president in US history to tackle global warming. Biden will curb...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 3, 2021 | News
Australian coal producer New Hope has warned that it may have to cut more jobs at its 4.8mn t/yr New Acland thermal coal mine, after its application to expand the mine to 7.5mn t/yr and extend its lifespan was referred back to the Queensland Land Court. New Hope has...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 3, 2021 | News
Cynthia Carroll Cynthia Carroll, the former CEO of Anglo American, has been appointed to the board of diversified mining and marketing company Glencore. Carroll would join the board with immediate effect and would serve as a nonexecutive director, the Swiss-based...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 3, 2021 | News
Cokal has appointed Indonesia’s Harmoni Panca Utama to provide contract mining services at the Bumi Barito Mineral coal development project in the country’s Central Kalimantan province. Cokal is aiming to develop the Bumi Barito project into an operating coal mine...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 3, 2021 | News
Almost half of the mining industry’s workforce is considering a move to renewables, according to a recruitment report. The 2021 energy outlook report by Oilandgasjobsearch.com and Brunel contains a survey of 22,000 employees across the mining and oil and gas sectors....