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Coal Mining Industry Concerns EPA Policy : Mountaintop Mining Permits in West Virginia and Kentucky
Gov. Joe Manchin went to Washington, DC., to meet with senior White House environmental officials Wednesday to discuss coal industry concerns after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency blocked some mountaintop mining permits in West Virginia and Kentucky.
Australian Mining Sector Plans To Develop Mine Exploration and Production
Australian miners are famous for outsourcing. It may sound bizarre to some, but a listed mining company doesn’t necessarily need internal expertise in exploration, drilling, metallurgy, construction or mining, due to the wealth of service providers willing to do those tasks.
Analysist Mining and Industry Sector : China’s Industry Sector Reopen Coal Mine Import After Deal Coal Prices Contract
A months-long dispute between Chinese coal miners and power generators over annual prices has unexpectedly opened the door to rising imports, despite lacklustre demand and a supply glut.
Oil and Gas Exploration Project Fall in Prices
From the plains of North Dakota to the deep waters of Brazil, dozens of major oil and gas projects have been suspended or canceled in recent weeks as companies scramble to adjust to the collapse in energy markets.
Significant Potential For Major New Iron Ore Province
Preliminary field reconnaissance confirms extensive exposure (over 100km) of sedimentary iron ore, with many assays over 40% Iron, and low Phosphorous.
Beneficiation studies planned
Project location on northern edge of the Surat Basin adjacent to large developed gas fields, towns, road, rail and other infrastructure
Potential for local industry integration
Additional applications lodged to cover extra targets
DAguilar [...]
Coal India Ltd. Set To Import Coal Mine 4 million tonnes
Since power sector utilities have not been able to import the coal that they had earlier planned for this year, CIL has been asked to import coal for them, a senior official told The Hindu. He indicated that this was agreed earlier this week after talks between the two ministries and also with Planning Commission [...]
Coal Price In World Market and Trade Higher
As consumers struggle to get used to $4-a-gallon gasoline, there’s another source of energy that is becoming more expensive: coal.
The price of a ton of Central Appalachian coal on the futures market was $42.65 a year ago and has risen to around $96, according to figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. That increase comes [...]
BHP seeks to build £170bn mining superpower
Rio Tinto confirms biggest takeover move since dotcom boom.
The world’s largest mining group, BHP Billiton, is seeking to take over its rival Rio Tinto in a deal that would catapult it to a market valuation of about $360bn (£170bn), bigger than Microsoft and equivalent to the gross domestic product of Ukraine.
After weeks of market rumours, [...]
Energy policy in the U.S. : Revolutionize Oil Market
Everything about it is ludicrous, from senseless government cash for any oil alternative that can drum up enough funds to finance a lobbyist, to subsidies for domestic exploration that lower the cost, and drive up the demand, of oil itself.
It’s hardly a surprise when politicians fail us. Last week, with energy policy in play, we [...]
