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BHP Billiton's Coal Production Will Be Affected for Next Six Months

BHP Billiton said that its coal mining operations will be impacted due to the heavy rains and floods for the next six months. Production of coal is down to one third of the previous quarter.

From BHP Billiton Plc 20 Jan 2011

Malfunctioning System, Equipment Causes West Virginia Mine Blast

As the investigations progress officials say that a lack of protective measures, worn out drill bits and a presence of methane gas is what contributed to the mine blast which killed 29 coal miners last April. The West Virginian mine being investigated in Montcoal was an Upper Big Branch mine.

20 Jan 2011

Cobalt Coal Proceeds Phase I of Westchester Expansion

Cobalt Coal Corp. (TSX VENTURE: CBT) (OTCBB: CCCXF) has announced that the Westchester expansion is proceeding.

20 Jan 2011

Thiess Mining Awarded $1.3 Billion Coal Contract

Thiess Mining, a subsidiary of Leighton Holdings, hopes to extend operations at a Bowen Basin mine thanks to the $1.3 billion contract granted to it by Peabody Energy.

19 Jan 2011

Rio Tinto's Iron Ore Production Up

The multinational mining giant Rio Tinto has seen record iron ore production in the last quarter of 2010. There was a 6% increase in the quarterly production in the final quarter of the year despite the troubles with Iron Ore Company of Canada.

From Rio Tinto plc 19 Jan 2011

Improvement in South Africa's Mining Sector

Production in South Africa's mining sector has risen 9.6% in November on a yearly comparison. In October it had been revised to a 6.5% rise as per available statistics. This is indeed good news as the mining production was showing a negative annual growth rate at the end of May of -7.7%.

19 Jan 2011

Obama EPA Cancel Coal Permits

The Environment Protection Agency under the Obama Government has cancelled the mining permit for a coal mine in Logan County.

19 Jan 2011

EPA May Have Exceeded Legal Authority in West Virginia Coal Ruling

The drastic action taken by the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) in West Virginia by cancelling a permit for a mine in Logan County has seen legal proceedings being filed in court.

19 Jan 2011

Bob Brown Blames Queensland Floods on Coal Mining, Says He's Not Politicizing Crisis

Bob Brown the Australian Greens leader said that the coal mining industry helped to cause the worst floods that Queensland has seen in 40 years and so they should take major share of the responsibility for them.

17 Jan 2011

Aspire Mining's Mongolian Coal Project Shows Promise

Aspire Mining Limited (ASX:AKM) conducted tests on samples from its Ovoot Coking Coal Project in northern Mongolia. The Coal washability test results have indicated a very high theoretical yield of 87.7% to produce a simulated product with 9.5% ash content and a CSN of 9.

From Aspire Mining Limited 17 Jan 2011