EPA coal permitting review causes anger and confusion
Vancouver – The laissez-faire days of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) role in permitting valley fi…
Coal
SouthGobi cuts coal resource at Ovoot Tolgoi after mistake discovered
Vancouver – Mathematical errors have led to a major overstatement of a resource estimate at SouthGobi Energy Resour…
Rio Tinto Gets US$761M For Jacobs Ranch Coal Mine
Rio Tinto’s (RTP-N, RIO-L) recent US$19-billion cash infusion from Chinese state-owned Aluminum Corp. of China (ACH-N) (Chinalco) hasn’t slowed the pace of the debt-laden major’s asset sales.
Border Coal Beds Start To Develop For Goldsource
VANCOUVER — A steady stream of coal intercepts is helping Goldsource Mines’ (GXS-V, GXSFF-O) share price regain some ground, though it remains far below the dizzying heights it reached last summer.
Rio Tinto sells Jacobs Ranch to Arch Coal
It looks like Rio Tinto’s (RTP-N, RIO-L) recent US$19-billion cash infusion from Chinese state-owned Aluminum Corp….
Border coal beds start to develop for Goldsource
Vancouver – A steady stream of coal intercepts is helping Goldsource Mines’ (GXS-V) share price re-gain some grou…
Anglo American to cut 19,000 jobs this year
Anglo American( AAUK-Q, AAL-L) plans to axe 19,000 jobs or about 10% of its global workforce this year due to trimmed-back production plans and rescheduled projects.
Record Year For US Mine Penalties
VANCOUVER — Fines for safety violations at American mines soared to an all-time high in 2008. Over the past three years, since former president George W. Bush signed a new mining code into law, the v…
Western Canadian Cuts Coal Production
VANCOUVER — Another miner is cutting back on production in the face of falling prices, this time a coal producer. Western Canadian Coal (WTN-T, WXJXF-O) is almost halving output at its Brule mine and…
Demand For Coal To Flatten In ’09
This year will bring the lowest growth in demand for thermal coal imports (0.5%) on the international market in nearly two decades, Credit Suisse says.
Dip In Dollar Good For Fortune
The drop in the Canadian dollar is good news for Fortune Minerals’ (FT-T, FTMDF-O) Lost Fox deposit at its Mount Klappan anthracite coal project, located 330 km northeast of Prince Rupert, B. C.
Teck Slashes Jobs, Coal Production
VANCOUVER– Another day, another announcement of job and production cuts: Teck (TCK. B-T, TCK-N) is letting go of 1,400 workers and reducing its 2009 coal production target to 20 million tonnes.