South32 to spin off South Africa coal business

Having trouble viewing this email?  View online Coal News Digest Tuesday 5 December 2017 Home    Coal    Copper    Iron Ore    Nickel    Rare Earth    Oil Sands    Uranium    Zinc South32 to spin off South Africa coal business Process could lead to a listing of the business on the Johannesburg stock exchange, it said. read » Rio Tinto appoints one of its own as the company's new chairman After a nine-month search, the miner has picked the current leader of the remuneration committee, Simon Thompson, to assume the post in March 2018. read » Who will fund Adani's Carmichael coal mine? Not China The shovels are in the ground at the Carmichael coal mine in Queensland but the bankers have yet to open their wallets. read » Mining salaries ranked for geologists, metallurgists and the C-suite Two-thirds of miners increase head count in '17 read » Australia's NSW to ban open-pit mining in South Drayton area The New South Wales Government decided there would be no open-pit mining at the site formerly known as Drayton South, but it paved the way for an underground mine instead. read » Luxembourg, Japan team up to explore and mine space resources The five-year cooperation agreement covers the exchange of information and expertise on the exploration and mining of out-of-earth resources. read » Investors force Rio Tinto to ditch plans to have Mick Davis as chairman Decision comes in the wake of a full-scale investor revolt led by the Investor Forum, a London-based body representing some of the world's biggest money managers. read » Clothes not coal incinerated by Swedish power plant The fortunes of a lagging coal industry were not helped by the actions of a Swedish power plant last week. read » New plant in the UK aims to transform biomass into 'coal' This would be the first complex of its type in the country. read » European investors to fund $53-million bio-coal plant Baltania OÜ wants to supply clean energy to utility companies in Nordic countries and Central Europe. read » Saskatchewan may set back Canada's plan to phase out coal by 2030 One coal-fired power plant in Saskatchewan likely won't be retrofitted before 2030. read » Hedge fund bet on Glencore backfires with $100m loss London hedge fund giant Lansdowne Partners lost a long-term bet against Glencore this year after the spectacular recovery of the miner took some by surprise. read » Canada says coal not coming back, US and Germany differ Nearly 20 countries have joined a British-Canadian initiative to phase out coal from power generation before 2030. read » Ink from ancient Egyptian papyri contains copper The pigments were likely obtained as a byproduct of sulfurous ore smelting. read » Former Xstrata CEO Mick Davis may become Rio Tinto new chairman The mining veteran could face competition from internal candidates, including former head of UK gas company Centrica, Sam Laidlaw, who now sits on Rio's board. read » Canada court backs need to consult aboriginals on projects Canada's top court ruled in favor of aboriginal bands seeking say in Yukon territorial government effort to develop coal and iron deposits in wilderness. read » Wind power inches up on hydropower in US Wind turbines in the United States have grown in both average height and capacity over the past decade, according to data on utility-scale electricity generators collected by EIA read » Energy consumption vs. energy production – how does your country compare? An infographic showing the countries supplying the most energy and those who are hungry for it. The results may surprise you… read » In Germany's Appalachia, the last coal mine is closing It's a sunny October day on the outskirts of the west German town of Bottrop. read » Adani hopes for govt coal mine loan fade after Australian election The Queensland state premier, who had originally supported Adani's application for a federally funded loan, now says her government will veto it. read » South Africa's NUM union signs three-year wage deal in coal sector Deal averts a sector-wide strike that could have impacted power supply. read » Read more Coal news on MINING.com » Home    Coal    Copper    Iron Ore    Nickel    Rare Earth    Oil Sands    Uranium    Zinc About Us   |  Privacy Policy  |  Unsubscribe   |  Contact Us   |  Advertise This email was sent to you by InfoMine Inc. 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