Anglo’s South African export coal production rises

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Export thermal coal production from Anglo American’s South African and Colombian mines rose 5% to 8.6-million tons in the three months to December 31.

Anglo's South African export coal production rises

Export thermal coal production from Anglo American’s South African and Colombian mines rose 5% to 8.6-million tons in the three months to December 31. LSE- and JSE-listed Anglo American says that the fourth-quarter thermal coal production from...

Cerrejón mine, Colombia

An openpit mine, situated in Colombia.

P40 project, Colombia

The P40 project is a planned expansion of the existing Cerrejón coal mine, which is the largest mining operation in Colombia.

Xstrata Q3 copper volumes down 8%, coal, nickel output up

Diversified miner Xstrata on Tuesday reported stronger third-quarter ferrochrome, thermal coal, platinum, mined nickel, zinc in concentrate and lead output, while copper production fell in the three months ended September. The Zug-based miner...

Xstrata coal output declines, chrome and copper rise

Diversified miner Xstrata Resources produced 4% less coal during the first quarter of this 2008 than in the same period a year earlier, largely as a result of heavy rains and flooding at its Australian operations. The group produced 18,5-million...

BHP Billiton acquires exploration rights off Colombian coast

The world's largest diversified miner BHP Billiton says that it has acquired exploration and production rights offshore Colombia, South America.