Rio Tinto appoints new CEO for Riversdale

Mining major Rio Tinto on Friday announced that it had appointed its head of exploration, Eric Finlayson, as the new CEO of Riversdale Mining. Finlayson would replace the MD Steve Mallyon, who had been steering the Australian company since 2008...

Riversdale inks coal offtake deal for Benga

In a move to gain exposure to the strong seaborne thermal coal market, Australia’s Riversdale Mining has entered into an offtake agreement with commodities trader Trafigura for thermal coal produced from the Benga coal mine, in Mozambique, the...

Zambeze has potential to be hard coking coal mine – Riversdale

ASX-listed coal producer Riversdale Mining on Tuesday reported that its Zambeze coal project, in Mozambique, was poised to become a hard coking coal project, following results from the first coke test. “Zambeze’s high coke strength, combined...

Riversdale starts Mozambique coking coal testing programme

ASX-listed Riversdale Mining has initiated pilot scale coking tests for its Benga coking coal project, located in Mozambique, with steel giant Tata. “Coking results continue to confirm that the quality of the Benga coking coals will be equal to...