metallurgical coal

QCoal Group has selected Mastermyne to re-commence underground operations at the Cook Colliery metallurgical coal mine in Central Queensland.

Anglo American has maintained its full year production targets for metallurgical coal in 2021, after the first six months were disrupted by poor demand, development activities and elevated gas levels.

BHP has broken production records at the Goonyella Riverside metallurgical coal mine in Queensland and at its Western Australia Iron Ore sites after launching operations at South Flank in May.

Pembroke Resources has received a $175 million loan from the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) to develop the Olive Downs coking coal project in Queensland.

Newcastle thermal coal futures have risen to their highest price since July 2018 at $US121.25 ($156.50) per tonne on Wednesday, off the back of increasing demand of the commodity in Asia.

Demand for Australia’s key mineral and energy commodities has been expected to accelerate towards 2030, according to a report commission by the Minerals Council of Australia.

Anglo American workers have started to re-enter the Grosvenor underground coal mine in Queensland for the first time since activities halted following an incident in May 2020.

BHP plans to seek approval for an extension of operations at the Mount Arthur thermal coal mine in New South Wales to 2045 despite recent efforts to sell the asset.

Glencore has achieved its seventh Australian certification for land rehabilitation after areas of its Oaky Creek coal mine in Queensland were returned to their original healthy state.

Aurizon Holdings is confident of the long-term demand for Australian coal from international markets despite a 10 per cent drop in exports during the second half of last year.

Anglo American has commissioned a reverse osmosis (RO) water treatment plant at the Aquila metallurgical coal project in the Bowen Basin, Queensland.

Whitehaven Coal is wary of investing in its development projects due to turbulent coal markets that have been amplified by Chinese restrictions on imports from Australia.

Whitehaven Coal is anticipating a 50 per cent boost in production and processing capacity from the $980 million Winchester South coal project in Queensland.

Coronado Global Resources has delivered an all-around rise in its coal production during the September quarter as chief executive Gerry Spindler pointed at the company’s under-reliance on the Chinese markets.

Stanmore Coal has cushioned itself from the blow of plunging thermal coal prices by concentrating its operations on metallurgical coal.

Yancoal is closely monitoring the condition of international coal markets to best assess how its business will be impacted for the remainder of 2020 and beyond.

Anglo American has lowered its expectation for metallurgical coal production this year following the roof collapse incident at the Queensland-based Moranbah North mine in January.

Anglo American has equalised the ownership structure of its Moranbah North and Grosvenor metallurgical coal operations in Queensland.

Coronado Coal expects that the impact of US-China trade wars will push its revenue lower and its earnings below the bottom end of its guidance range.

South32 has maintained production guidance across its global operations after a strong September 2019 quarter highlighted by rising output at Illawarra Metallurgical Coal in New South Wales.