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...

Fuel cells provide clean power, cut carbon, sustain jobs

Hydrogen fuel cells using platinum catalysts are efficient, versatile and scaleable and represent a proven technology that bestows clean, reliable and cost-effective power.

Fuel cells provide clean power, cut carbon, sustain jobs

Hydrogen fuel cells using platinum catalysts are efficient, versatile and scaleable and represent a proven technology that ensures clean, reliable and cost-effective power. This is a strong endorsement of the long-studied fuel-cell technology....

Anglo to spend $1.7bn on new 5Mt/y Australian coal mine

Global diversified miner Anglo American will invest $1.7-billion in a five-million-ton-a-year metallurgical coal mine, in Queensland, CEO Cynthia Carroll announced on Tuesday. The greenfield Grosvenor project would produce metallurgical coal from...

'Hundreds of thousands of jobs', clean power from fuel cells – Anglo

The window of opportunity is “wide open” for South Africa to create hundreds of thousands of new jobs and simultaneously obtain a source of clean of emission-free power, Anglo American CEO Cynthia Carroll said in Durban. “With platinum at...

Xstrata gets in on BC coking coal action with C$40m acquisition

Diversified major Xstrata has further dug into Canada’s coking coal, with the C$40-million purchase of the Lossan metallurgical coal deposit in British Columbia from Cline Mining, the Switzerland-based company said on Friday. The acquisition...

Anglo studies tripling Canadian coking coal output

Anglo American, which this month bought the 25% of Canada’s Peace River Coal assets it did not already own, aims to more than triple production to 3.5-million tons yearly at the British Columbia operations by 2015, it said on Wednesday. The...

R26bn carbon tax poised to stunt junior miners – Deloitte

Carbon tax is expected to increase the mining sector's tax bill by more than R26-billion in 2012, says professional services company Deloitte.

Australia’s carbon scheme puts mining investment at risk – Anglo

Global diversified miner Anglo American has called on the Australian government to replace the proposed carbon pricing scheme with a phased-in auctioning approach to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. CEO for Anglo’s metallurgical coal business,...

Anglo puts Australian thermal coal mine up for sale

Diversified mining group Anglo American will sell its Callide thermal coal mine, in central Queensland, to focus on growing its metallurgical coal business. “The Callide mine does not align with our growth strategy and the divestment process...

Anglo lifts Australian metallurgical coal output 25%

The metallurgical coal unit of global diversified miner Anglo American on Friday reported record half-year production of 14,4-million tons. Anglo American CEO of the metallurgical coal business, Seamus French, said that the Brisbane-based...