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Union claim lifetime benefits for mineworkers, established in 1946, are under threat.
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Union claim lifetime benefits for mineworkers, established in 1946, are under threat.

A recent report from the IEA looks at the emergence of gas as a transportation fuel.

US Bureau of Indian Affaird approves option to lease and exploration agreements between Cloud Peak Energy subsidiary and Crow Tribe of Indians.

A bill that would prevent the Environmental Protection Agecy regulating coal ash as hazardous waste has passed through the House Energy & Commerce Committee and will now go to a vote in the full House of Representatives.

Coalspur Mine’s board of directors approves C$ 458 million development of Vista Coal project.

Link Energy and LLR YakutMinerals have agreed to investigate underground coal gasification prospects in northeast Russia.

The Energy Information Administration has reported record monthly US coal exports in March as exports remains on track to break 100 million t for the third year running.

Company will help drill 110 wells in order to reach target coal seams in Shanxi, China.

Port of Newcastle could be privatised under plans announced in the New South Wales budget.

World Coal Association claims report is “ideologically driven” and “unscientific”.

Coal India Ltd. hopes to acquire a majority stake in two undisclosed Australian mining companies for a combined total of US$ 4 billion.

Loren Padleford discusses ways of identifying risk connections, which go beyond current approaches to risk management.