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  • Consultant: Peabody unlikely to operate Willow Lake mine if unionized

    03 Feb 2012

    A coal consultant who recently published a study on Illinois Basin coal production expects Peabody Energy Corp. to close its Willow Lake operation in eastern Illinois if workers at the mine are allowed to unionize....

  • Producers see US moving from swing to 'strategic' coal supplier

    03 Feb 2012

    As global demand for coal continues to rise, some producers see the US graduating from being a swing supplier to become a strategic supplier to world markets....

  • S Africa's Richards Bay Coal Terminal exports 6.26 mil mt in Nov

    06 Dec 2011

    South Africa's Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) exported 6.26 million mt in November, a 15% decrease from the all-time monthly high exported in October, RBCT said Tuesday....

  • Mozambique miners should consider slurry transport:ARUP

    24 Nov 2011

    MAPUTO (Reuters) - Coal miners setting up in Mozambique should consider the option of using a slurry pipeline as an alternative for moving coal to the port given major logistics bottlenecks, an engineering consultant said on Wednesday....

  • Expansion of Port of Quelimane to up coal exports to 20-m tonnes

    24 Nov 2011

    Mozambique plans to expand the Quelimane port in the country's Zambezia central province to be able to handle 20-million tonnes of coal per year to meet fast-rising demand from producers setting up in the country, an official said, according to Mozambique Investor....

  • Maputo terminal plan floated

    23 Nov 2011

    [miningmx.com] -- ECCA Group, which represents small scale coal mining enterprises in South Africa and Swaziland, is the latest organisation to float plans for an alternative coal terminal for Mozambique....

  • TFR rates threaten Matola expansion

    23 Nov 2011

    [miningmx.com] -- THE viability of Grindrod?s proposed $600m to $800m Matola Terminal expansion (TCM) to 20 million tonnes/year (Mtpa) of coal would be compromised if Transnet Freight Rail?s (TFR?s) railing costs from South Africa?s Limpopo province to Mozambique remained unchanged....

  • Vale may share Tete-Nacala rail link

    23 Nov 2011

    At work at Vale���������s Moatize coal mine in the Tete province of Mozambique Maputo, Mozambique --- MININGREVIEW.COM --- 23 November 2011 - Brazilian mining giant Vale has stated that it may be prepared to share with other users the Tete-to-Nacala railway line, an important strategic link that cu...

  • Eskom mulls equity in foreign power

    22 Nov 2011

    [miningmx.com] -- ESKOM is considering the possibility of taking equity positions in foreign power transmission in an effort to bridge the growing prospect of a supply deficit in South Africa....

  • Mozambique eyes Quelimane port upgrade for coal exports

    22 Nov 2011

    MAPUTO ��������� Mozambique plans to expand the Quelimane port in the country's Zambezia central province to be able to handle 20-million tons of coal per year to meet fast-rising demand from producers setting up in the country, an official said on Tuesday....