
Cat upgrades MD6640 rotary drill
Caterpillar has upgraded the MD6640 rotary drill with the new Cat 390 excavator undercarriage.
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Caterpillar has upgraded the MD6640 rotary drill with the new Cat 390 excavator undercarriage.

The European energy model based on large vertically-integrated utilities has been broken by overcapacity and the increase in renewables generation.

The effects of Cyclone Marcia on coal operations have been limited.

According to a recent report by Lucintel, the global coal industry is expected to reach US$1036 billion by 2018.

Three brown coal projects in Victoria’s La Trobe Valley are yet to reach milestones to attract promised government funding.

An alliance of community and environmental groups are calling on the Scottish government to extend the moratorium on fracking to include underground coal gasification.

Arch Coal’s West Elk Mine has achieved three Colorado state awards.

Neptec Technologies demonstrates 3DRi-based truck spotting application at Fording River Coal Mine.

Far East Energy Corporation has announced the extension of the maturity date of its existing Facility Agreement with Standard Chartered Bank.

The National Mining Association warns of higher electricity bills and less reliable electricity in the fact of the polar vortex 2015.

Coal India Limited has revealed a roadmap of strategies aimed at enabling 1 billion t of coal production by 2019 – 2020.

The European Commission has launched an in-depth investigation into the UK Government’s plan to use public funds to pay for conversion of a coal plant to biomass.