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Close to China and its huge demand for natural resources, Mongolia has vast untapped resources that are ripe for exploitation, including huge coal deposits. Hunnu Coal aims to help develop these resources and has recently acquired a 60% interest in the Buyan coal project, in the giant Tavan Tolgoi coking coal field in the Umnugobi Province of Mongolia.
Xstrata has suspended some of its mining investments in response to the Australian government’s proposed new resource tax.
The Captain Sandstone in the Moray Firth is being investigated as a possible site for carbon storage due to the salt infused sandstone present there.
The transition from a reactive maintenance culture to a proactive one can be beset by pitfalls.
As Asia rushes to meet excessive power demand, its power companies are targeting coal producing countries worldwide to secure supplies. This has lead to domestic supply concerns in at least two countries, as well as fears for the export market as China increases its interest in Mongolian coal; a move that threatens to reshape world coal trade.
Canada is positioning its coal sector to take advantage of the next upturn, with the inevitable return to domestic and international demand for energy looming. The county’s prime focus is on expanding capacity.
According to the ACCCE, clean coal technology could potentially provide thousands of jobs and make a major contribution to the US economy.
New energy bill announced: green focus plus help for North Sea production.
The third annual World Coal Asia Special includes exclusive analysis of the world's most dynamic coal market.
Sable Mining Ltd. have commissioned a bankable feasibility study for the Reitkuil coal project in anticipation of fast-tracking the project.
Rescue efforts are underway to free 32 workers who have been trapped following a coal mine explosion in northern Turkey.
The board of MacArthur Coal has rejected the revised, lower takeover bid from Peabody Energy.