Some 1,500 coal miners staged a mass rally on Thursday on the front lawn of the state Capitol to protest legislation that they fear could eliminate their jobs.
The rally came two days after lawmakers narrowly defeated a bill aimed at stopping mining companies from blasting off mountaintops to expose coal deposits.
Gov. Steve Beshear made a […]
The country’s tuna industry, which is centered in this city, would be adversely affected should Chinese companies be allowed to conduct offshore mining ventures in the disputed Spratly Islands, a nationwide militant fisherfolk group said.
Fernando L. Hicap, chairperson of the Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya), said the alleged secret deal between the […]
Eskom has increased the coal stockpiles at power stations to an average of thirteen days, the utility said on Saturday.
Spokesperson and chief generation officer, Brian Dames, said of the five power stations with the lowest stockpile-days only one remained below the desired level.
Eskom announced that it aimed to secure 45 million tons of coal over […]
The government in Hegang city, where a coal mine fire on Wednesday left 13 miners trapped, issued an urgent circular on Sunday asking that all 106 coal mines in the city halt production. The directive applies even to licensed facilities.
The government sent more than 106 staff to monitor all mines around the clock to ensure […]
German pensioner Erika Ihiebert has lived with minor earth tremors caused by coal mining for years. RAG Deutsche Steinkohle, the firm that runs the mine near Saarwellingen, acknowledges that mining in the area is causing tremors.
RAG was quick to announce a halt to mining.
Together with the northern Ruhr area, Saarland is one of Germany’s historic […]
A proposal to ban most mountaintop removal mining and to toughen other environmental standards for the coal industry in Tennessee is running into stiff opposition from state coal producers.
National Coal Corp. President Dan Roling told the state Senate Environment and Conservation Committee last week that passing the measure would have dire effects on the industry […]
Global mining giant BHP Billiton(BHP.AX)(BLT.L) said it plans to invest $975 million to upgrade and expand its thermal coal mines in South Africa to sustain coal exports amid soaring coal prices.
BHP approved an investment plan to develop new coal reserves across its Douglas and Middleburg collieries in South Africa and build a coal processing […]
The 3rd International Coal Mining Equipment Exhibition - Coal Indonesia 2008 will be held on November 2008 at Jakarta Convention Center, Indonesia. Find out how this show improves your business performance.
Coal Indonesia is a specialized industrial trade show that brings together all kinds of coal mining equipment and parts under one roof. It’s an […]
Mr Hart’s Rank Group already owns a world-scale packaging operation and has sometimes been mentioned as a possible bidder for Australia’s Amcor.
The deal will allow Alcoa, which has been a prime takeover target since its bid early this year for Canada’s Alcan was trumped by Rio Tinto, to concentrate on its bauxite, alumina and aluminium […]
UK Coal, Britain’s biggest coal supplier, is understood to be planning to dismiss an informal approach from Meinl, an Austrian investor, to buy the company’s coal and power generation units.
UK Coal received a letter last week from the board of Meinl saying it was interested in purchasing the company’s operations, excluding its property interests, and […]