South Africa-based miner Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL) has announced that in August this year its board approved a ZAR 220 million ($22.09 million) expansion at Vele colliery. This is in line with the company's publicly announced strategy ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
China and Russia on Tuesday pledged to expand energy cooperation in projects of oil and gas supply, nuclear energy and renewable energy. Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich co-chaired the ...
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The Chinese government has announced that it will no longer grant approval for construction of coal mine projects with designed annual capacities below 300,000 mt. Meanwhile, approval will also be denied for coal mine projects with annual ...
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Central Europe-based miner New World Resources Plc (NWR) has announced that it has reached agreements with its customers for coking coal and coke sales for the fourth quarter of 2013. Accordingly, NWR has set the average agreed price of ...
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In the third quarter of the current year, the global iron ore production of Australia-based Rio Tinto, the world's second biggest iron ore producer, increased by two percent to 68.3 million mt compared to the third quarter of 2012, setting ...
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Amid growing demand for natural gas, China's top economic planner has called for an increase in imports and stronger cooperation with Central Asian countries to ensure a stable supply in the coming winter. The National Development and ...
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China's environmental watchdog on Saturday publicized the names of 72 companies that have violated environmental protection regulations and says it plans to punish the offenders. The companies, including PetroChina's Hohhot Petrochemical ...
The Chinese government has pledged to close more unqualified and dangerous coal mines by 2015 as the country strives to improve its alarming safety record. At least 2,000 small coal mines will be closed by the end of 2015, the State ...
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The China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), parent company of the nation's top oil and gas producer -- PetroChina, predicted on Monday that its natural gas supply at home will increase 13 percent during the upcoming winter and spring ...
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Inner Mongolia-based Chinese steelmaker Baotou Iron and Steel Co. (Baogang Group) has announced that its Qinghua coal chemical project, located in the city of Bayannur in Inner Mongolia, successfully produced the first batch of qualified ...
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Briquetting machine is alternative source of biofuel. Bio fuel means it is made from organic material so this is a completely renewable source of energy. If ones it is finished then we can produce it through the same process. So every ...
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The US federal government has shut many services after failing to pass a spending bill, something that has implications for the highly regulated oil and gas sector. On Friday, talks between House Republicans and President Barack Obama ...
Natural gas' share of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas' generation mix slipped in September, but continued to lead energy usage across the state, according to data released Friday by the grid operator. ERCOT's 2013 Demand and ...
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China's output of secondary non-ferrous metals, those recycled from scrap metals, rose 3.67 percent year on year in 2012 to exceed 10 million tonnes, almost one-third of its output of primary non-ferrous metals, an industry association said ...
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Rail-delivered (CSX) Central Appalachian thermal coal for November closed higher for the fifth consecutive session on Thursday, rising 25 cents/st to $53.75/st. The CSX spot contract continued to track the price movement in the ...
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