by Gordon Barratt | Oct 30, 2020 | News
Brazilian federal prosecutors on Thursday filed a lawsuit contesting a compensation package for victims from a 2015 collapsed dam jointly owned by mining giants BHP and Vale, arguing that the package is far too low. The move comes after prosecutors earlier this month...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 30, 2020 | News
Coal mining companies need to start looking at creating their own profitable circular economies around existing coal assets because it is possible, says African Source Markets CEO Bevan Jones. While still responsibly mining coal, coal-mining companies have an...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 30, 2020 | News
Coal operation at the Mt Owen mine in New South Wales. Image: Glencore The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has stressed that Australia must adapt to emissions-reducing technology to meet growing seaborne thermal coal demand in the Asia Pacific region. The MCA,...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 30, 2020 | News
Stanmore Coal has reached an agreement with Blue Energy to capture, process and market mine gas from its proposed Isaac Plains underground coal mine in the northern Bowen Basin. The two companies have executed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) relating...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 29, 2020 | News
Bayswater Power Station in New South Wales, Australia. (Image by Webaware, Wikimedia Commons). The Minerals Council of Australia released a report related to the outlook for seaborne thermal coal in terms of demand to 2030 in the Asia Pacific region. The report was...
by Gordon Barratt | Oct 29, 2020 | News
Banks Mining will not appeal against a government decision to reject its plans to develop a new coal mine in northeast England, the British company said on Wednesday. Northumberland County Council agreed in 2016 that developer Banks could extract three-million tonnes...
