Officials in the UK have given approval to the first coal operation in the region in three decades, with plans for the project owned by West Cumbria Mining to become the world’s first net-zero mine supplying met coal to the steel industry. WCM said recently that it received a decision from the Secretary of State on 7 December approving the…
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An underground fire is reportedly still ongoing at the Lila Canyon coal operation in Emery County, Utah, after more than a week, but regulatory officials have said no injuries have been reported. Read full article.
Read MoreThe Nova Scotia Department of Labour, Skills and Immigration has confirmed its inspectors are on-site at the Donkin coal operation in Cape Breton as the mine resumes operations after two years on pause. Read full article.
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Growing coal operation New Elk near Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colo., has completed its first loading of a second unit train, according to mine owner Allegiance Coal. Read full article.
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Bowen Coking Coal, which marked the acquisition of the Burton mine in the Bowen Basin last week, has shipped its first coal from its fellow Bowen asset, the Bluff open-pit PCI coal operation near Blackwater, Queensland, Australia. Read full article.
Read MoreMining officials in Colombia have now confirmed the deaths of nine miners while another six remain trapped underground at the La Mestiza coal operation in El Zulia, northeastern Colombia, following a gas explosion, fire and tunnel collapse. The National Mining Agency (ANM) said the explosion on 30 May resulted from high concentrations of methane. Search and rescue efforts have been…
Read MoreEight people have died and another 18 have suffered injuries after a shaft collapse at the Soko coal operation in central Serbia. According to reports by the Associated Press and Al Jazeera, the collapse trapped the miners and also released methane into the operation’s workings, suffocating those that perished. The incident occurred around 4:00 a.m. local time 1 April at…
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The longwall shearer is now in operation at Anglo American’s new Aquila metallurgical coal operation in central Queensland, marking the official start of production at the leading-edge A$226 million project. Read full article from The Asia Miner.
Read MoreAllegiance Coal, the new owner of the New Elk coal operation in southeastern Colorado, said the first cargo ship of steel coal from the mine has left the mainland en route to its Chinese customer. View full article from North American Mining.
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