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 ...
Tags: Coal Mine Projects, Mineral
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 ...
Tags: Coal Mines, Safety Overhaul
Through nearly three years' unremitting independent research and development by the heavy plate production, marketing and research group of Baosteel, Baosteel 80kg grade easy-welding high-strength steel realizes no-preheating welding and ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Since 2013, Xi'an Cummins has maintained a uprising sales performance in sales of engines. Over recent months, despite of a general declining trend in Chinese mining truck market, Shaanxi Tongyun Heavy Industry is awarded with a big order ...
Tags: Truck, Transportation, Auto Parts
Reportedly, the Australian mining giant BHP Billiton has started the new Daunia mine in Queensland. Also, the Daunia mine is the company's ninth operating metallurgical coal mine in central Queensland. It's learned that BHP Billiton ...
Tags: Coal Mine, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
A credit crisis in Shenmu, a bustling northwest China county that built its riches on coal, has stoked concerns regarding how quickly the country can complete its economic transition. Hundreds of underground banks that mushroomed in ...
Tags: Economic Transition
Several influential environmental groups are gearing up to sue the Obama administration for refusing to regulate US coal mines as major emitters of methane, a greenhouse gas that many scientists say is fueling climate change. Ashley ...
Chile's newest and largest coal mine, Mina Invierno, which started production in January has to date exported a total 435,000 mt of thermal coal in five vessels, including two Capesize [around 300,000 mt] cargoes to India, said a spokesman ...
Russian steelmaker Evraz has announced that it plans to resume work at the main mine of its coking coal producer Raspadskaya by June 15. As of Tuesday, May 14, Raspadskaya had suspended work at the mine due to high gas levels. Evraz ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral&Energy, Coal Mine, Raspadskaya Coal Mine
Consol Energy's 3.2 million st/year Blacksville No. 2 steam coal mine may not resume production for "at least" another 30 days so safety workers can monitor new seals installed to smother a possible underground fire, West Virginia's top ...
Tags: Consol, Consol Energy
Russian coking coal miner Raspadskaya has stated that it has suspended all operations at its main mine after detecting unsafe levels of carbon monoxide at the site. The toxic gas was first detected on May 6 in a "confined" area of the ...
Tags: Russia, Raspadskaya, Main Coal Mine
An end to a two week-old strike at Chile's largest coal mine appears close at hand after one of two unions involved agreed to return to work Thursday. In a statement Friday, Mina Invierno said the union representing maintenance workers at ...
Tags: Coal Mine Strike, Coal Mine
A new research report backs the call for greater scrutiny of the impacts of mine-induced subsidence on prime agricultural land. The report, The Risks and Impacts of Coal Mine Subsidence on Irrigation Areas, was launched. It was prepared ...
Tags: Cotton Farming, Textile
Australia-based Wesfarmers Resources has announced that in the quarter ended March 31 its coking coal output from the Curragh coal mine in central Queensland amounted to 1.53 million mt, decreasing by 15.4 percent compared to the previous ...
Tags: Wesfarmers, Coking Coal Output