US-based coal producer Walter Energy has announced that it does not expect CO2 emission limits regulations for existing power plants issued by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to have any material impact on Walter Energy, since ...
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In May this year, manganese ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland totaled 157,500 metric tons, increasing by 34.24 percent from 117,325 metric tons in April, but down 28.28 percent compared to the same month of 2013, according to the ...
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In May this year, iron ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland increased by 3.54 percent compared to April and were up 29.23 percent year on year, totaling 36.05 million metric tons. According to the information released by Port ...
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The Indian government is considering urging Indian state-owned miner National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) to halt exports in response to demand from local steel mills facing a shortage of raw materials, a senior government ...
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Indonesia, the world's largest exporter of thermal coal, plans to build 14 dedicated coal terminals in the islands of Kalimantan and Sumatra in a bid to curb illegal coal exports, a government official said Monday. Around 50 million-60 ...
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The government of the Indian state of Odisha has allowed operations to resume in eight iron ore mines in the state following its earlier decision to fast-track mining license renewals, according to media reports. The mines that will resume ...
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Japan's industrial production fell a seasonally adjusted 2.5 percent in April from the previous month, as manufacturers scaled back on output they had boosted ahead of the sales tax hike on April 1, government data showed Friday. The ...
Brazil-based iron and steel maker Gerdau said Tuesday its proposed logistics and mining investments will enable the company to more than double iron ore production within the next six years, to 24 million mt/yr, from the current 11.5 ...
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The Indian state of Odisha is expected to renew the iron ore mining licenses of 10 out of 26 local mines within two months, according to a Reuters report quoting an Indian government official saying the license renewal process will be ...
Global demand for imported thermal coal is expected to continue to grow but at a slower rate of 2% per year until 2018, as China faces an oversupply of domestic coal and shifts to a more diverse mix of renewable energy sources to address ...
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The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) has stated that the Indian Supreme Court order for the temporary closure of about 26 iron ore mines in the Indian state of Odisha may result in a significant fall in ...
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The Chinese thermal coal market is seeing some positive fundamental trends in the near term, helped by coal investment cuts, production declines and a slowdown in imports, even as seasonal weakness is expected to weigh on the market, an ...
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Canadian miner Pan American Silver believes Argentina this year will lift its ban on open-pit mining that forced the company to suspend operations at its Navidad gold project, CEO Geoff Burns said Wednesday. The Vancouver-based company, ...
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Peabody Energy has closed its Viking surface coal mine in Daviess County, Indiana, several months after the mine had been expected to cease operations because its reserves of high-sulfur steam coal were running out. "Production operations ...
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Production cuts at Indonesian thermal coal mines could only at best help stabilize prices but further gains would be capped by sagging demand from both India and China in the spot market, sources said Wednesday. A Singapore-based trader ...
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