
FirstEnergy to deactivate units at two Ohio coal plants
Due to challenging market conditions, FirstEnergy Solutions is to sell or shut down coal-fired units at two of its Ohio power plants in the US.
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Due to challenging market conditions, FirstEnergy Solutions is to sell or shut down coal-fired units at two of its Ohio power plants in the US.

Thermal coal production from the world’s largest mining company has fallen on asset sales, bad weather and operational changes.

Drummond Co. Inc. appoints a new CEO and new Chairman of the company’s board.

Komatsu is to buy US rival Joy Global in a deal valued at US$3.7 billion.

MHPS to supply the first fluegas desulfurisation system to Ugljevik thermal coal-fired power plant located in the Republic of Srpska.

Yancoal has released its 2Q16 report, which includes a quarterly production of 3.88 million t of saleable coal, a y/y decrease of 8%.

Joint provisional liquidators have been appointed over Mongolian Mining Corp.

Raw coal production jumped 16% quarter-on-quarter, while sales of metallurgical coal concentrate was also up, as the Russian coal company reported better quarterly results.

Universal’s coal mine hit record production in 2Q16 following the completion of a pit reconfiguration.

New VSD brakes harness the latest performance developments from Twiflex.

Frank Calandra Inc., the owner of ground control specialist, Jennmar, has added Dywidag Systems International’s US mining division to its stable.

SCCS Director highlights the importance of CCS following the release of a NAO report, which indicates the cost of decarbonising UK without CCS could be an extra £30 billion.