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Sasol Coal Mining Company to Build New Coal Mine Exports


Coal mining company Sasol has allocated R3,1-billion for the new export coal mine to replace the depleting Twisdraai operation.
The Thubelisha export coal mine, already under construction, will also supply Sasol’s synfuels factory in Secunda, in Mpumalanga province.
Sasol Mining’s output in the six months to December 31 was up 6%, but its profit of R170-million was [...]

Antioquia Gold Drilling Colombian Assets


Colombia has emerged as a prolific source of new gold deposits during the last several years, and Antioquia Gold Inc. is the latest TSX Venture listed company to begin exploration there. Antioquia controls a 100% interest in 6 mining concessions covering a total of 279 hectares (Guayabito) and a 90% interest in 2 additional [...]

Coal Mine Exploration and Industry Signed Decreasing


Mining Weekly cited Mr Dr John Topper MD of Clean Coal Centre as saying that the world’s dependence on coal for more than 40% of its power needs was not showing any signs of decreasing, but was instead poised to increase slightly in the next 20 years.

Coal Mine Producer, Peabody Reported Fourth Quarter Earning 2008


Before market opens on Tuesday, one of the world biggest coal producer, announce reported earning for the fourth quarter and full-year 2008.

Shensua Energy Plans To Buy Shares in Coal & Allied Industries from Rio Tinto


China Shenhua Energy Co., Ltd., one of the country’s leading coal producers, will possibly reach out again for Australia-based coal mining assets, said industry analysts.

Coal Mine, Economic Growth and Environment Future


Every form of energy has its drawbacks. Our neighbors to the west of us in the Kingston, Tenn., area got a brutal reminder of that fact last week.

Public Power Corp. Plans to Relocate Coal Mine Exploration


Just as the European Union imposes the world’s toughest restrictions on carbon emissions, Public Power Corp., Greece’s biggest utility, plans to relocate an entire village to exploit the coal beneath it.

Future Mineral Exploration and Mine Industry in Russia During a Global Crisis


Russia auctioned its biggest mining company a decade ago when it was strapped for cash. It’s using the global credit crisis to regain control of OAO GMK Norilsk Nickel as economic turmoil forces U.S. and European governments to bail out their own corporations.

US and Europe Coal Mine Exploration Review And Industry Sector Growth


Blizzards and floods half a world away have helped push Pennsylvania toward a coal-mining boom.
Efforts by China, India, Russia, Brazil and other countries to build their industrial bases and extend their electrical grids have raised prices in recent years, as demand started outstripping the worldwide coal supply.
Australia exports about one-third of the coal sold on [...]