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KCA Sues TVA

The Kentucky Coal Association (KCA) and five other plaintiffs have gone to court to try to reverse the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) decision to shut down two of the three coal-burning units at the 2,558-megawatt (MW) Paradise power plant in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, and replace them with a 1,025-MW natural gas plant.

Peabody Reduces Production at Burton Mine in Australia

Peabody Energy announced that it is reducing metallurgical coal production by approximately 1.5 million tons per year (tpy) from the Burton mine in Queensland, Australia. The Burton mine is Peabody's highest unit-cost operation, and production levels are not sustainable in the current market environment, according to the company.

Rio Tinto Sells its Coal Assets in Mozambique

Rio Tinto has reached an agreement to sell Rio Tinto Coal Mozambique, which consists of the Benga coal mine and other projects in the Tete province of Mozambique, to International Coal Ventures Pvt. Ltd. (ICVL) for $50 million.

Vindex Energy Earns Multi-State Environmental Award

Vindex Energy Corporation has received the 2013 Excellence in Reforestation regional award from the Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative (ARRI). The award recognizes Vindex's Maryland-based operations for its exemplary performance among mines in seven states.

China's Datong Buys 5 Eickhoff Shearers

During the first half of 2014, Eickhoff's Mining Technology Division sold an additional five shearer loaders for longwall mining to the Datong Coal Mine Group Co. Ltd.

MSHA Implements Respirable Dust Rule

The initial phase of the Mine Safety and Health Administration's (MSHA) new rules for respirable coal mine dust went into effect on Friday, August 1.

DSI, Jennmar Enter Regional Agreements

Jennmar and Dywidag Systems International (DSI) announced joint global initiatives in Canada, Australia and South Africa.

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Cliffs Reverses Decision to Idle Pinnacle

About 500 jobs will be saved and a southern West Virginia underground mine will continue moving ahead thanks to Cliffs Natural Resources' decision to reverse its plan to idle the Pinnacle longwall mine.

Surface Sponcom Results in Fire at Oxbow

Several surface structures at Oxbow Coal's Elk Creek complex in Colorado will now need to be repaired after a fire erupted there during the early morning hours of August 12.

Coal River to Close Mines, Furlough 280

West Virginia producer Coal River Mining and Coal River Processing will permanently cut 280 workers from its payroll when several of its mines cease operations in early October.

Xinergy, Mercuria Ink Sales Deal

Central Appalachian coal producer Xinergy has entered into an exclusive coal sales agreement with Mercuria Energy Trading.

Westmoreland's Jewett Hits Production Milestone

Westmoreland Coal's Texas Westmoreland Coal Company recently celebrated 200 million tons of coal mined from its Jewett mine in Texas.

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James River Accepts Blackhawk Asset Bid

Virginia-based producer James River Coal, currently undergoing bankruptcy reorganization, confirmed August 21 it has accepted a $52 million bid from Blackhawk Mining's JR Acquisition for its Hampden, Hazard and Triad Mining assets.

Cottage Grove Marks Safety Milestone

Peabody Energy's Cottage Grove operation in southern Illinois recently passed a significant safety mark, three years without a single reportable incident.

Oregon Denies Morrow Pacific Terminal Application

The Oregon Department of State Lands (DSL) has rejected a critical permit for Ambre Energy's planned Morrow Pacific coal export terminal.

The Origins of MSHA

A longtime coal industry leader and advocate, David A. Zegeer, P.E., who passed in December 2012, explained his unique vantage point in a recently released book entitled, INSIDE MSHA: The Formative Years of the Mine Safety and Health Administration. As the leader of the federal agency that oversees mine safety in the United States from 1983-1987, Zegeer gives the reader insight and information that cannot be found elsewhere.

Belt Tech Opens New Office in Kentucky

Belt Tech Industrial, a company that sells, installs and services conveyor belting and components and designs custom conveyors, recently opened a fourth branch location in Madisonville, Kentucky. The Madisonville Belt Tech team will serve industrial customers in the Hopkins County area, including mining operations and power plants.

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Morien Steps Aside, Cline Group Becomes Donkin Owner

Canadian-based Morien Resources Corp. announced August 25 that it has waived its right of first refusal for Glencore's sale of 75% interest in the Donkin coal project in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, confirming the Cline Group LLC and its U.S. arm Foresight Energy as the complex's new operator.

Indiana Mines Shedding 120 as Vectren Readies Sale Close

Vectren Corp., preparing for the close of its Vectren Fuels unit to Sunrise Coal this week, has confirmed that 120 of its workers impacted by the sale will be furloughed.

Walter Energy Completes Blue Creek Terminal Sale

About four months after first announcing its intentions, Walter Energy has completed the sale of its Blue Creek Terminal at the Port of Mobile to the Alabama State Port Authority in a $25 million deal.

Miner Sentenced for Record Falsification

A federal court in West Virginia has handed down a sentence of two years of supervised release to a coal miner convicted of falsifying mine safety records at the Tunnel Ridge longwall mine.

Coalspur's Vista Gets Trio of Approvals

Phase one work on Coalspur Mines Ltd.'s Vista project in Alberta, Canada, has taken a significant step forward with the receipt of three approvals and licenses for the project from the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER).

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Alpha WARNs West Virginia Mining Operations
Alpha Natural Resources issued Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notifications (WARN) to approximately 1,100 employees at 11 surface mines in West Virginia, as well as prep plants and other support operations, advising them of the expected idling of those facilities based on Alpha's current assessment of market conditions.
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Foresight Extinguishes Deer Run Fire
Foresight Energy announced that on July 28 a team of examiners and Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) officials re-entered the company's Deer Run mine and conducted an examination. This examination included visual observations and air quality and quantity readings throughout the mine. Based on this exam, and the continued low carbon monoxide levels, it appears that the effort to contain and extinguish the fire has been successful.
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DRA Buys Taggart Global From Forge
DRA Group Holdings Pty. Ltd. will acquire the Forge Group North America companies formerly known as Taggart Global. The transaction is expected to close shortly and the terms of the deal were not disclosed. DRA is a South African-based multidisciplinary engineering group that specializes in mining, minerals processing and infrastructure services. It has offices and operations in nine African countries, Australia, Canada, China, India and the USA now.
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Exxaro Acquires Total Coal South Africa
South African fourth largest coal producer Exxaro recently entered into an agreement to buy Total Coal South Africa (TCSA) Pty. Ltd. and its related export marketing rights through the Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT). The transaction is valued at $472 million. (TCSA) is the fifth largest coal producer in South Africa and has a majority interest in two main operating complexes, Dorstfontein and Forzando, located in the Witbank coal basin in South Africa's Mpumalanga province.
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MSHA Unveils Plan to Change Civil Penalty Outlines
Federal officials are citing a more simplified, consistent process and a greater emphasis on more serious conditions for its move to publish a proposed rule that will change the way the industry is assessed civil penalties. The proposal, which was published in the Federal Register on July 31, will amend existing civil penalty regulations if made a final rule.
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Canada's Estevan Mine Inks Long-term Coal Supply Agreement
Westmoreland Coal Co. recently signed a long-term coal supply agreement with Saskatchewan Power Corp. to supply more than 60 million tons of coal from Estevan mine through 2024.
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Mechel, GS Global Sign Agreement
Mechel OAO, one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, recently signed a supply agreement with South Korea's GS Global Corp., for as much as 2.8 million metric tons (mt) of steam coal. Up to 1.5 million mt of coal will be shipped to GS Global's power stations, as well as up to 1 million mt to Tongyang Cement & Energy, a GS Global subsidiary, from the Elga mine.
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Antelope Mine Wins National Reclamation Award
Cloud Peak Energy's Antelope mine, located in northeastern Wyoming, received the 2014 Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement. The mine was recognized for its innovative techniques to promote native plant species and control cheatgrass, an introduced, invasive, and undesirable plant species.
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Conveyor Surveys Identify Areas in Need of Improvement
ASGCO Complete Conveyor Solutions provides bulk material handlers ways to cut operating costs and downtime along with improving the safety of their operations. The company conducts a complete on-site survey of all the conveyor systems and produces a comprehensive report based on this inspection.
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