The Monitor: September 2012
Barry Baxter reports on fears that South African mine violence will spread.
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Barry Baxter reports on fears that South African mine violence will spread.
Graeme Lingenfelder, Spencer Ogden, UK, discusses the skills shortage in the mining industry.
Dart Energy has been awarded the Bontang Bengalon coalbed methane (CBM) block in East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Arch Coal has earned a place in the top 250 of the 2012 InformationWeek 500, which marks the most innovative users of business technology in the US. It is the seventh consecutive year that the coal miner has been recognised.
BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance will close the Gregory opencast coal mine as low coal prices continue to hurt the industry.
The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity has released analysis that shows 204 coal-fired generating units are scheduled for shutdown due, in part, to regulations issued by the EPA.
US coal miner, Patriot Coal, which filed for bankruptcy in July, has announced further temporary reductions to coal production across three West Virginian coal mines.
The construction of a field gas gathering system and nodal station at the Liulin CBM gas project in Shanxi Province, China, has been approved.
Gordon Cope asks whether US coal can recover from the twin threats of slowing demand and rising gas use.
A new report from Pricewaterhouse Coopers has highlighted the economic and social benefits of the Canadian coal industry – benefits that were revealed to be greater than expected.
Peter Kiernan, Energy Analyst, the Economist Intelligence Unit, discusses the role of Australia’s booming LNG export sector in the golden age for gas.
Vale has lifted force majeure at the Carborough Downs metallurgical coal operation in the Bowen basin in Queensland.