
Adani to develop coal block
Adani has won a bid to develop and mine coal from the Chendipada coal block in Orissa, India.
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Adani has won a bid to develop and mine coal from the Chendipada coal block in Orissa, India.

According to Wood Mackenzie, a consultancy, Indonesia is well place to benefit for potential coal upgrading technologies, as low rank coal projects will achieve higher operating margins and increased market opportunities through an upgraded product. This means Indonesia will be competitive with bituminous coal producing countries, as well as increasing its commercial attractiveness for investors.

Nancy D. Yamaguchi, Hydrocarbon Engineering Contributing Editor, looks at the Southeast Asian energy sector.

Massey Energy posts a loss in Q3, blaming it on production losses caused by the actions of the Mine Safety and Health Administration.

The latest EIC Monitor (Q3) shows encouraging levels of new projects emerging across the globe with China, India and the USA having some of the largest new projects.

A new underground coal mine is to be opened in Hamilton County, Illinois, creating approximately 300 construction jobs and 350 permanent jobs.

Demand for met coal has prompted United Coal to reopen the Affinity mine in West Virginia, which has been closed since 1985.

After detecting traces of BTEX around eight coal seam gas wells in southern Queensland, Australia, Origin Energy has suspended drilling operations until it can find the source of the contamination.

E.ON has announced it is canceling plans to build the UK's first commercial CCS coal-fired plant at Kingsnorth in Kent.

Alexander A. Ignatov, Ignatov & Co. Group, Russia, examines the major players competing in mine privatisation, following the Ukrainian Government’s planned reorganisation of the coal market

According to reports, 1355 small coal mines were shutdown in the first three quarters of this year as part of efforts to restructure China’s mining industry.

The Mining Association of BC has congratulated the international rescue team, which freed the 33 miners stuck underground in Chile.