Colombian mining and energy minister Amylkar Acosta shows that Colombia is in in-depth talks with a Chinese company on building a railway leading to Pacific coastal region so as to lower costs of exporting coal to Asia. The minister says ...
Tags: Railway Construction, coal, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Russia-based MMK Group has acquired an additional 12.77 percent of shares in Belon in an off-market transaction. Following the deal, MMK Group now holds a stake of over 95 percent in the coal company. This transaction enables MMK Group to ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, coal
Raspadskaya Coal Company (Raspadskaya), one of the largest coking coal producers in Russia, has announced that in the first nine months of the current year its raw coal production volume rose by 24 percent compared to the same period of ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, steel
Russian mining and steel producing company Evraz Group has announced that it has signed a binding agreement for the sale of the Gramoteinskaya thermal coal mine, part of its wholly-owned subsidiary Yuzhkuzbassugol Coal Company, to Lehram ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
Tags: Coking Coal Prices, Mineral
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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In the January-September period of the current year, Southern Kuzbass Coal Company, a subsidiary of the Russian mining and steel producing group Mechel, saw a 8.8 percent year-on-year rise in its coal output to 11.023 million mt, including ...
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According to Ukraine's Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry, in the January-September period of the current year, Ukraine's coal mining output decreased by 3.9 percent year on year to 61.5 million mt, including 17.54 million mt of coking ...
Tags: Coal Mining, Coal Industry
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,16 commodities increased in prices, 26 fell and 58 remained unchanged on 05/09/2013.The largest rises were SBR (1.21%),Styrene (1.05%),LLDPE (0.80%),while the largest falls ...
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The price of Atlantic met coal remained steady Monday, following recent modest fluctuations, with mills and traders moving into the negotiation period for both contract and spot deals. One European-based trader said he would be buying in ...
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Thermal and semi-soft coal shipments to China from the Port Waratah Coal Services terminals in eastern Australia slackened in August, slipping 13% month on month to 2.24 million mt from 2.6 million mt in July, said the port operator in a ...
Tags: semi-soft coal, Chemicals
Coal of Africa Limited's run-of-mine production fell 23% to 3.78 million mt of (ROM) mt in its 2012/13 year, with activity hit by a blocked rail line, flooding at a colliery, and strike action. CoAL also said Friday it processed 3.37 ...
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Russian steelmaker Severstal has announced its financial results for the second quarter and the first half of 2013. Accordingly, in the second quarter Severstal registered a net loss of $44 million, compared to a net profit of $155 million ...
Tags: steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
Australian coking coal producer Beacon Hill Resources has announced its interim results for the first half ended on June 30 of the current year. Accordingly, Beacon Hill has posted a net loss of $7.6 million for the first half, compared ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy