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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 [...]
India Starts Auction of Oil, Gas Exploration Areas (Update2)
India started its largest auction of oil and gas fields, offering 70 areas for exploration when energy producers are cutting investments because of falling prices and the global recession.
Oil Marketing Companies to Expand Retail Outlets Again
Margins turn positive after recent fall in global oil prices.
State-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) are planning to put expansion of their retail outlets back on track as lower international crude oil prices have enabled them to register profits on most of the petroleum products they sell.
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.
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 [...]
Condition Of Commerce Of Mining Exploration Sector, Gain Of Massey Merger On US Coal Mine Exploration
Taker over mine company Alpha Natural Resources Inc. by Cleveland-Cliff equal to $10 billion is an the biggest acquisition process in coal industry.
While the worldwide bear market slowed mergers and acquisitions by 35 percent in the first half of the year, takeovers of energy and mining companies jumped 33 percent so far this year as [...]
Rio Tinto Cintinue to Increase Iron Mine Exploration and Production From Pilbara mines
Rio Tinto says its expansion program has paid off with quarterly production records set in iron ore and alumina in the three months to June.
The mining giant said production of iron ore, which is the largest contributor to Rio’s earnings, increased 13 per cent to 41.9 million tonnes from a year earlier as the company [...]
Shell Develop Mining Exploration and Production Technology, Low-Quality Oil Into High-end Petroleum Products
SHELL Global Solutions, the technology arm of oil giant Royal Dutch Shell Group, is committed towards developing technology to meet the region’s energy challenge.
Vice-president (Asia-Pacific) Lee Tzu Yang said the market had no other option but to boost efficiency in order to cope with increasing production costs triggered by escalating oil prices.
“That’s where our technology [...]
Russia’s Oil Mine Industry Faces Problems
When the price of oil reached another record on Friday, at more than $126 a barrel, analysts pointed to attacks on pipelines in Nigeria and turmoil in Venezuela and Iraq as the immediate causes.
Even small disruptions to supplies from such places can cause the price to jump, because only Saudi Arabia has the capacity to [...]
