
BHP Billiton stopping Caroona coal project
NSW government reaches a commercial agreement with BHP Billiton to buy back the Caroona exploration licence and stop coal mining at Liverpool Plains.
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NSW government reaches a commercial agreement with BHP Billiton to buy back the Caroona exploration licence and stop coal mining at Liverpool Plains.

Forest clearance activities around the Boggabri, Tarrawonga and Maules Creek coal mines have been audited by the New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment.

The Queensland parliamentary inquiry is to look into the outbreak of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis in the state.

Hazelwood and the County Fire Authority personnel extinguish an electrical fire on one of the mine’s coal dredgers early on the morning of 22 August.

Oxifree Global will be exhibiting its thermoplastic coating, Oxifree TM198, at MINExpo International in Las Vegas, Nevada.

ABB will demonstrate a variety of ways to manage complexity, mitigate risk and improve safety with their solutions on display at MINExpo 2016.

Caterpillar intends to explore “strategic alternatives” for room-and-pillar mining products and reduce its workforce in Pennsylvania where the products are manufactured.

US coal distribution fell 15.7% in 4Q15, according to the US Energy Information Administration, to 193.7 million short t.

South African coal company has announced an improved half-year profit on the back of increased coal output.

Amended applications for two linked coal projects in the Gloucester area of New South Wales have gone on public display.

NRW Holdings sees the potential to grow win further business in the Australian coal sector.

Superior Industries Inc. has announced the appointment of Michael Dunne to its international sales team.