The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released its Medium-Term Coal Market Report 2011, which predicts that the global demand for coal will grow over the next five years as a result of surging energy demand in emerging economies.
Mozambi Coal, an Australian coal exploration company with assets in Mozambique, has released an update on recent activities at the company’s Songa, Tete West and Muturara projects. The projects are located in the Zambezi coal basin where a number of major resources companies, including Rio Tinto and Vale, are also active.
BHP Billiton Energy Coal South Africa Ltd (BECSA) has entered into an empowerment transaction with a black-owned consortium led by Pembani Group (Pty) Ltd.
Whitehaven Coal will acquire Aston Resources in a AU$2.5 billion takeover that will create Australia’s biggest independent coal miner.
Honeywell is opening a full-service office in Basra. Honeywell’s second office to open in Iraq since 2010 will further strengthen the company’s commitment to its customers and partners. The new facility will also support the company’s training and sales capabilities throughout the country.
In an unexpected end to the COP17 summit in Durban South Africa, the US, China and India have agreed to be included in a new legal framework for emissions reduction that will come into force in 2020, although the details of the deal are yet to be agreed. COP17 also agreed to an extension of the Kyoto Protocol to 2017.
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has signed an agreement with LLOG Exploration Company, LLC, for the design, manufacture and supply of subsea production systems to support its Who Dat project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
Mark Major, Hodges Resources Ltd, Australia, explains how the company’s thermal coal assets are boosting Botswana’s development as a manufacturing and economic hub.
The progress of Botswana’s coal industry has been slow, with decisions being put back and projects stalled. Barry Baxter looks at the reasons for the delays.
Peabody Energy has acquired a 5.1% equity interest in Winsway Coking Coal Holdings Ltd
Heerema Fabrication Group have been awarded the contract for the fabrication of two jackets for the Golden Eagle Development project of Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd.
According to a new IHS Global Insight study, the shale gas revolution, which has swept across America and transformed the energy landscape, will also have a huge economic impact supporting more jobs, stimulating growth and providing huge amounts of revenue.
GE Oil & Gas is to supply Qatargas with advanced combustion technology that will reduce gas turbine emissions at the Qatargas 1 Utility complex to meet new regulations from the Qatari Ministry of Environment.
Anglo American has approved the development of the Grosvenor metallurgical coal project in Queensland, Australia. The project is situated immediately south of the company’s Moranbah North coal mining and is expected to produce 5 million tpa of coal over a period of 26 years.
Ncondezi Coal Co. Ltd has announced the results of studies on its Ncondezi project that examined the suitability of using middlings and low volatile coals for local power generation and coal gasification. The use of these products would represent not only in operating costs but also “significant additional revenue” for the company, according to Graham Mascall, CEO of Ncondezi Coal Co.