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Asian Coal Trading Community Embraces API 5 And API 8

The Asian coal trading community is embracing the API 5 and API 8 indexes for its swap contracts.

7 Jun 2012

Alpha Natural Resources Introduces Ginny, The First Coal Mining Search And Rescue Dog

Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE: ANR), a leading U.S. coal producer, today introduced Ginny, the first canine specifically trained to perform search and rescue in both underground and surface structures typically found at mining operations, as part of the company's signature safety process, Running Right.

5 Jun 2012

Arch Coal's Skyline Mine Earns Utah Earth Day Award For Environmental Excellence

Arch Coal, Inc. today announced that Canyon Fuel Company's Skyline Mine has earned state recognition with a 2012 Earth Day Award for its outstanding environmental efforts in central Utah.

24 May 2012

Coalspur Substantially Increases Existing Vista South Coal Resources

Coalspur Mines Limited is pleased to announce it has substantially increased the Vista South Coal Project ("Vista South") Measured and Indicated Coal Resources to 470.5 million tonnes ("Mt") and upgraded the Inferred Coal Resource to 604.5Mt, following a recent drilling program.

23 May 2012

Colombia Energy Sees Revitalized Colombian Transportation System Reducing Future Coal Shipping Costs

Colombia Energy Resources, Inc., a metallurgical coal exploration and production company operating in the Republic of Colombia, anticipates transportation cost savings from the planned multi-billion dollar infrastructure renovation by the Colombian government and private industry. As a direct benefit of the infrastructure investments being made, CERX expects to use both the railroad and river barge system to bring its metallurgical hard coking coals to international markets.

23 May 2012

US China Mining Group, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2012 Financial Results

US China Mining Group, Inc., a Chinese leader in coal production and exploration in the People's Republic of China, today announced financial results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2012.

22 May 2012

TurkPower Purchases Zavyalov Open Pit Coal Mine

TurkPower has reported that Sibcoal Mining, TurkPower’s wholly owned subsidiary, has purchased 100% of a 49-year lease in order to expand, mine and operate the Zavyalov Square Part 1 (Zavyalov) located in the Toguchina Coal Field.

16 May 2012

Goldsource Mines Completes Updated Resource Evaluation for Border Coal Project

Canadian resource company, Goldsource Mines announced that it has concluded an updated resource evaluation for the Border Coal Project.

21 Mar 2012

‘Fly In Fly Out’ Practice Under Scrutiny

A federal inquiry team studying the effects of the ‘fly in fly out’ workforce is moving around regions that are affected by this mining practice. The inquiry is being conducted by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Regional Australia to see exactly how the mobile workforce impacts the local community.

22 Feb 2012

Usibelli Coal Gets 'All Clear' for New Mine

Usibelli Coal has been granted permission to open its new coal mine in Canada. The Department of Natural Resources gave the company permits to open a new pit mine in the north east of Healy at the Jumbo Dome Mine.

From Usibelli Coal Mine, Inc. 21 Feb 2012