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Drilling & production - 16 December 2010

Looking for answers

Over the next 20 years, South Africa intends to drastically reduce the use of coal as the country’s prime energy-fuel, and 30 years thereafter virtually remove it altogether from the energy-fuel mix. Barry Baxter asks if this could really happen.

 
 

Another Indian company invests in coal assets abroad

Lanco Infratech Ltd, a major Indian infrastructure company, has acquired Western Australian coal miner, Griffin Coal Mining Co. Pty Ltd and Carpenter Mine Management Pty Ltd (Griffin Coal).

 

Churchill completes purchase of land for port facility

Churchill Mining has completed the purchase of the land to be used as the site of the future port facility for the shipment of coal from the East Kutai coal project. When complete, the port will be capable of handling 30 million tpa of coal and offer direct access to international markets.