DIAMONDCORP's operational troubles deepened today after the company said its Lace underground diamond mine in South Africa's Free State province could be shut for at least a week. This is following a Section 54 notice by the South African government's Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) which requires mining firms to …
The vast majority of these workers are in Asia (2.2 million jobs), with China and India expected to bear the brunt of coal mine closures. China has more than 1.5 …
Michael R. Bloomberg, the billionaire and former mayor of New York City, intends to announce on Monday an effort to shut down coal in 25 countries.. The pledge comes as world leaders arrive in ...
The U.S. Energy Information Administration says that it expects the demand for coal to drop 15% between 2018 and 2019, all because 13,000 megawatts of coal-fired power plants have shut down or ...
Consol and Contura both operate coal mines in the state, and neither immediately replied to inquiries Friday. Consol shares slumped as much as 17%, and Contura slid as much as 1.8%.
China had shut down a total of 2,392 small coal mines by the end of March in efforts to clean up and professionalise its deadly coal mining sector, which claims on an average 13 lives daily.
Updated 4:00 PM PDT, May 16, 2024. BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday proposed an end to new coal leasing from federal reserves in the most …
Coal mines around the world have contended with global swings in prices and an appetite for climate action. One, the Vista coal mine near Hinton, Alta., found itself on the brink of bankruptcy in 2021 and was forced to enter creditor protection. Now it's back in operation after striking a deal to pay most creditors 75 per cent of what they were ...
Australian Pacific Coal Ltd. and its joint venture partner have agreed terms for $60 million funding from Vitol Asia Pte Ltd., allowing them to restart a coal mine in New South Wales that's been ...
World leaders recently announced a $20 billion deal to help get Indonesia off coal power. But there are doubts about the deal, because — for one thing — the country is building brand new coal ...
Today, UK coal production from deep mining has declined to almost zero and the nation recently celebrated its first coal free day of power generation, in April 2017. Eco-friendly coal mines Think ...
The provincial government made the decision to shut down coal generation plants and buy renewable electricity and a bit more natural gas to supplement its hydro and nuclear plants.
There are about 42,000 jobs linked directly to coal mining today, down from about 73,000 a decade ago, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
However, much more funding will be needed as more coal-fired power stations are going to be closed down in the coming years. Overall, Eskom plans to decommission half of its 45,000MW installed ...
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek faces many more difficult coal mine decisions. Mick Tsikas/AAP A lesson in spin-doctoring. Plibersek's handling of recent coal mine announcements is a ...
Australia has 99 operating coal mines, and ambitions to build more. ... The COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control ...
The mines productivity was very poor and it was far cheaper to import coal from more efficient producers. The secondary benefit was that imported coal was a reliable supply that didn't try to hold the country to ransom and cut off supply.
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U.S. power companies plan to retire or convert from coal to gas over 6,100 megawatts (MW) of coal-fired plants in 2021 after shutting over 13,100 MW in 2020, according to U.S. Energy Information ...
That caveat appears to allow those countries to keep using coal past 2035, as long as their overall national emissions won't contribute to global warming of more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above ...
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced on Wednesday he will pump $500 million into the next phase of his energy transition campaign, aiming to shut down "every last" coal plant in ...
Biden ending new leases in America's top coal region Citing climate change, federal land managers are moving to end new leasing for coal in the country's …
A 700-people-strong community march in Anglesea has called for aluminium giant Alcoa to shut down its polluting coal power plant, which is set to continue producing energy despite the imminent ...
Between 2008 and 2013, coal production in Boone County dropped by more than half, from 30.3 million tons to just 14.2 million tons. Meanwhile, Marshall County coal production rose over this period from 10.8 million …
Glencore expects to shut down 12 coal mines over the next 12 years even as the world's largest mining company enjoys bumper profits because of high coal prices. The Switzerland-based mining and ...
U.S. coal exports increased by 61 percent in 2017. Exports to Asia more than doubled, while Europe remained the largest importer of U.S. coal. Trump has attempted to scale back the number of plants being retired in the U.S. In 2018, he ordered Energy Secretary Rick Perry to take measures to prevent the planned retirement of coal …
More than a dozen mines there produce more than 40% of America's coal. Green groups argued that burning coal from future mines would harm the climate and …
Tri-State, Colorado's second largest electricity provider, has a coal-fired plant in Arizona and one in Wyoming that would fall under the new EPA rule, Tellinghuisen said. The bottom line for Colorado: From 2022 to 2031 a total of 4,300 megawatts of coal-fired capacity at nine coal-fired units have closed or are slated to close.
The world's top coal producer, and the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, will shut down 1,000 coal-fired power plants mines* this year. It's a move that will simultaneously cool off China ...
The entrance to the Blue Ayr Mine south of Gillett, Wyo., Sept. 5, 2019. The shutdowns of Blackjewel LLC's Belle Ayr and Eagle Butte mines in Wyoming since July …
According to guidance of climate change experts, "6 percent of the world's coal capacity must shut every year until 2040 to avoid a climate emergency," writes …
Iron ore futures fell 4.6% to $110.55 a ton in Singapore as of 11:35 a.m. local time and were headed for the lowest close since August. Futures in Dalian dropped 3.7%, while steel contracts in ...
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) said on Wednesday it would get a $500 million injection from Jiangxi Copper, the Canadian miner's largest shareholder, that will help it to shore up finances.
China shut down 628 small coal mines, improved technological processes of 622 mines, merged 388 mines and phased out 98 million tonnes of outdated production facilities during the year.
The Vista thermal coal mine describes itself in court documents as "one of the most significant employers in the Hinton and Edson regions of Alberta," has a mining footprint of nearly 1,500 hectares and the capacity to produce roughly 6.5 million tonnes of thermal coal — coal burned for electricity — annually for export to Japan, South ...
Coal in South Africa, which has the largest proven reserves of the fuel on the continent, is at risk of becoming stranded following a plunge in prices and collapse of the nation's rail network. ... "Transnet's failure will start causing coal mines to shut down," said Vuslat Bayoglu, managing director at miner Menar. Operating without ...