Coal Mining

Workers take on mining giant

Johannesburg - Mineworkers from Anglo Coal's Mpumalanga operations marched to the company headquarters in Johannesburg on Saturday to voice their grievances, the National Union of Mineworkers said. Among demands listed on a...

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Old king coal

MICHAEL BACHELARD November 8, 2009 The single biggest contributor to global warming is also one of Australia's biggest money earners. Australian coal altogether puts out 1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide annually, about 8.3...

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Shift to natural gas for lower-carbon future

The public debate on climate change can seem beguilingly simple: alternative fuels good; fossil fuels bad. If we burn less of the latter and use more of the former, the argument goes, we will be well on our way to a...

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Town that breathes coal dust

MICHAEL BACHELARD November 8, 2009 THERE'S no mistaking Muswellbrook for anything but a working town. But now, according to Jeff Drayton, life-long resident, coalminer and deputy mayor, this is pretty much a company town. ''I'd...

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Bayh war chest at $12.7 million

WASHINGTON – Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., has more than $12.7 million on hand to launch a re-election campaign next year, when he hopes Hoosiers will rehire him for a third six-year term. Two Republicans vying for the GOP nomination...

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Research and Markets: Poland Mining Report Q4 2009 Report Estimates That in 2008 the Mining...

Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3522d0/poland_mining_repo) has announced the addition of the "Poland Mining Report Q4 2009" report to their offering. Poland Mining Report provides industry...

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Drivers' strike hits coal supply

The transport drivers strike in the Talcher coalfield under the Mahanadi Coalfield Ltd (MCL) has severely hit dispatch of coal to power plants of NTPC and National Aluminium Company (Nalco) in the area among others.

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Phillips Carbon to shift to CBM as feedstock

Durgapur, Nov. 6 Phillips Carbon Black Ltd, an RPG Group company, proposes to use coal bed methane (CBM) at its local plant partially replacing the liquid feedstock carbon black feed stock (CBFS) being used in the plant,...

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Quest Minerals & Mining Announces Increased Production Results for October

PATERSON, N.J., Nov. 6, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Quest Minerals & Mining Corp. (Pink Sheets:QMIN) (Frankfurt:QMNMB.F), a Kentucky based operator of energy and mineral related properties, today announced coal revenues of...

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VISA Steel looking to invest in mineral reserves overseas

Kolkata: If a minerals trader isn’t a contrarian, he is only going to earn labour cost, says Vishambhar Saran, a mining engineer who quit his cushy job as director (raw materials) at Tata Steel Ltd in 1994 to found a minerals...

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