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Low spot iron ore and coking coal prices should benefit NMDC and JSW Steel


Historically, the commodity cycle follows the economic cycle and this time is no different. The liquidity crisis and its cascading effect on real economies across the world have pulled down prices of commodities, including iron ore and coking coal.

Canada Mining Exploration Company Shift Away From Metal Mine Exploration to Coal Mine Exploration


Canada’s biggest diversified mining company has made a major shift away from metals to coal.
Teck Cominco Ltd.’s $14-billion (U.S.) offer for Fording Canadian Coal Trust – the largest coal sector deal in history – amounts to a major bet by Teck on continued strength for the commodity, which is used to make steel and is [...]

KAL Energy, Inc. Completes Over 2000 Meters of Drilling


KAL Energy, Inc. is pleased to announce that in excess of 2,000 meters of drilling have been completed on Phase 1 of the $2 million 5,000+ meter work program on its Thermal Coal Project in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. This program includes extensive drilling, trenching, sampling and mapping of known geological structures, and exploration for unknown [...]

Headwaters Incorporated Completes Refined Coal Facility


HEADWATERS INCORPORATED today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Covol Engineered Fuels, LC (”CEF”), has completed the refined coal facility located in Adger, Alabama at the Jim Walter Resources Mine number 3, and has placed the facility into operation. The business was obtained in an acquisition Headwaters announced in May of 2006 and was shut [...]