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Environmental Clean Technologies Signs MOU With K-Coal of Korea
January 25, 2012
Following meetings in South Korea, Environmental Clean Technologies (ECT) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Korean based energy company K-Coal Co. Ltd. The MOU provides K-Coal with exclusive sales and marketing rights into Korea for ECT’s Coldry technology. “K-Coal is…
Lundin Mining Reports on Neves-Corvo Future Underground Materials Handling Study, Portugal
January 25, 2012
Lundin Mining Corporation has announced a summary of the results of the initial Future Underground Materials Handling Study for its Neves-Corvo mining complex in southern Portugal. This conceptual level study identified and evaluated the underground materials handling and access options necessary…
Atlantic Coal Set for Strong Production Increase This Year at Stockton Colliery in Pa.
January 25, 2012
Atlantic Coal is expecting to increase production substantially this year once the latest excavator becomes operational at the Stockton Colliery, its opencast anthracite operation in Pennsylvania. The statement was included in the group’s production report for 2011. Run-of-mine coal production rose…
National Thermal Power Corp. to Set Up its First Overseas Plant in Bangladesh
January 25, 2012
State-run National Thermal Power Corp., India’s biggest power producer, would see its first overseas project kick off in Bangladesh when the company starts work on a 1,320 MW power plant in Khulna by May, company chairman and managing director Arup Roy…
San Miguel Evaluating Nickel Project In Southern Philippines
January 25, 2012
San Miguel Corp., a Philippine food and beverage conglomerate that is diversifying its operations, is evaluating a possible investment in a nickle mining project in southern Philippines, the firm said Tuesday. The conglomerate is discussing a rehabilitation of the Nonoc Refinery…
Konkola Copper Mines Launches $100 Million East II Concentrator at Nchanga Unit
January 24, 2012
Konkola Copper Mines has launched a new $100 million concentrator and plans an additional $500 million investment in the next few years to expand its asset base and raise production to its 400,000 tonnes per year target. The inauguration of the…
FLSmidth in Negotions to Acquire Ludowici for A$267 Million
January 23, 2012
FLSmidth has entered into an agreement (Process Agreement) with the Australian listed company Ludowici Limited to acquire the company for A$267million. Ludowici is a provider of coal centrifuges, vibrating screens and complementary wear resistant products and services for the minerals industries.…
Solid Energy Counters Coal-in-Hole Campaign
January 23, 2012
Solid Energy has stepped up the lignite propaganda war as the “Keep the Coal in the Hole” protest festival kicks off in Mataura. A video posted on its website urged viewers to join a balanced discussion on lignite in Southland. “Green…
FLSmidth to Supply Equipment for a Copper Mine Expansion in South America
January 23, 2012
FLSmidth has been awarded contracts worth a total of approximately US$85 million for equipment supplies to a copper producer in South America. The equipment contracts for the copper mine include the delivery of gyratory crushers, apron feeders, cyclones, flotation cells, concentrate…
Strike at Bulgaria’s Maritsa Iztok Mines Ends
January 23, 2012
The strike at Bulgaria’s Maritsa Iztok Mines was declared at an end on January 22, 2012 after marathon negotiations produced a dawn agreement on bonuses and improvement of working conditions. The agreement, signed at 6 a.m., provides for mine employees to…
