War on coal making the world's top mine owners a lot richer

Having trouble viewing this email?  View online Coal News Digest Tuesday 8 May 2018 Home    Coal    Copper    Iron Ore    Nickel    Rare Earth    Oil Sands    Uranium    Zinc War on coal making the world's top mine owners a lot richer Anglo American Plc, Glencore Plc and BHP Billiton Ltd. are generating the highest profits in years from their coal mines. read » Coal mine deaths climb to 23 in southwest Pakistan – officials At least 16 miners died on Saturday and more than a dozen were trapped after an explosion in a mine in the Marwar coalfields. read » Death toll rises to seven at Sibanye mine as all trapped workers rescued The deaths brings the number of people killed at the company's operations this year to at least 10. read » Paris asks insurers to ditch coal Paris City Council passed a motion last night where its members ask the CEOs of the world's largest insurance and reinsurance companies to stop insuring coal projects. read » Rio Tinto to double number of autonomous drills at Pilbara mines Driverless trucks at the same iron ore operations already haul over a quarter of both ore and waste material. read » Federal Council rejects mining referendum in Colombian town The council endorsed a plea introduced by mining workers against a ruling by the Cundinamarca Administrative Court. read » Trump urges Republicans to reject ex-coal exec in West Virginia U.S. Senate race Blankenship served time in prison for safety violations connected to a 2010 disaster that killed 29 miners and is seen as the weakest of the three candidates in the upcoming primary. read » Indonesia sees coal output flat in 2019 amid equipment shortage Amid concerns Indonesia could exhaust existing minable coal reserves of 13 billion tonnes 25 years, the government is considering measures to push miners to carry out exploration work before they can obtain permits to increase output. read » Two miners dead, three missing after quake at Polish coal mine A 3.4 magnitude quake hit the Borynia-Zofiowka-Jastrzebie coal mine in southern Poland on Saturday morning. read » Zimbabwe to sign $700 million coal-bed methane deal this month The accord comes as President Mnangagwa courts foreign investment to rebuild an economy that halved in size since 2000 under former President Mugabe. read » Climate resolution at Rio meeting heralds coming climate avalanche: Russell Rio Tinto shareholders that voted in favour of a resolution calling the miner to review its membership of the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) and other lobby groups. read » Glencore's Congo mining conundrum The miner and commodities trader is embroiled in a legal tangle over its copper and cobalt operations in Democratic Republic of Congo, where conflict and changes to regulations have deterred many mining firms. read » Two U.S. coal miners see growth amid sector's gloom Most miners producing coal for electricity are getting battered by cheap natural gas and increasingly stringent pollution controls. read » Australia corporate watchdog expands legal action against Rio Tinto, former executives The global miner has denied any wrongdoing in a similar case brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. read » Fuel tax rebate comes into effect for Nova Scotia-based mining companies Provincial fuel tax is supposed to help pay for public roads and highways by charging the vehicle owners who use them. The Nova Scotia government gives other resource industries a tax rebate for fuel used in vehicles that do not go on public roads, such as fishing boats, farm tractors and forestry harvesters. read » Contura, Alpha to merge, creating largest US met coal producer The deal comes as investors look for consolidation in an industry that is recovering from a deep downturn in 2015 and 2016. read » Even Europe's biggest coal addict now wants to clean up its act Poland has about $30 billion of planned wind projects 30 kilometers (19 miles) out in the Baltic. 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. Suite 900, 580 Hornby Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6C 3B6 | +1 604 683 2037 |[email protected].Please visit cem.infomine.com for more information. Copyright InfoMine. 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