Australian coal miner’s plans may double its methane emissions
Mining News Pro - Whitehaven Coal Ltd.’s plans to expand its mining operations could double the Australian company’s methane emissions by the end of this decade, according to an analysis from energy think tank Ember, undermining the nation’s global climate commitments.
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China buys more Australian coal as appetite for quality builds
Mining News Pro - Australian coal continues to make inroads among Chinese buyers, adding to pressure on domestic prices, with new shipments climbing to their highest level since Beijing halted imports in the fall of 2020.
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Glencore scraps $1.3 billion Australian coal project
Mining News Pro - Peers including BHP (ASX: BHP) and Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) are in the midst of a transformation away from carbon-emitting fossil fuels in favour of minerals necessary in the low-carbon energy transition, such as copper, nickel, lithium and cobalt.
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Glencore scraps giant Australian coal project on net-zero goals
Mining News Pro - The company won’t develop the A$2 billion ($1.3 billion) Valeria project in Queensland’s Bowen Basin, it said Thursday. The site would have produced about 20 million tons of coal a year, and been a major source of global carbon dioxide over its 37-year lifetime.
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Glencore’s Australian coal mine revealed as methane super-emitter
Mining News Pro - Just inland of Australia’s east coast, roughly 200 miles from the Great Barrier Reef, a single coal mine run by Glencore Plc emitted so much super-warming methane in a year that it had the same climate warming impact as the annual pollution from more than 4 million U.S. cars.
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BHP sheds more Australian coal mines in $1.35 billion deal
Mining News Pro - BHP has inked a deal to divest up to $1.35 billion in metallurgical coal assets in Australia, as part of the world’s largest miner’s retreat from fossil fuels.
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Australian coal miners recapitalise, eye BHP assets and other M&A
Mining News Pro - Buoyed by a rebound in the price of coal, Australian miners of the resource are dusting off expansion plans and raising capital for new projects and acquisitions.
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Australian coal exports survive, adapt, overcome
Mining News Pro - Australian coal exports have continued to steadily rise in value since overcoming China’s ban on the commodity last year, data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has revealed.
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China is paying a high price for its ban on Australian coal
Mining News Pro - China is paying a high price for its unofficial ban on coal imports from Australia, with the cost of domestic and alternative foreign supplies rising for both thermal and coking grades of the fuel.
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Australian coal exporters brush Chinese ban aside
Mining News Pro - Australia has overcome China’s alleged coal import ban, with exports increasing during December, according to Australian Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia Keith Pitt.
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BHP slashes value of Australian coal assets
Mining News Pro - BHP, the world’s largest miner, has slashed the value of its Mt Arthur thermal coal mine in Australia by about $1.25 billion as it seeks to sell the asset and focus on other commodities.
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Coronado confident of Chinese demand for Australian coal
Mining News Pro - Coronado Global Resources is hopeful that China’s suspension of Australian coal imports may have a positive long-term effect, with the impact to be offset by global steel producers restarting activities.
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China mulls allowing some Australian coal imports amid ban
Mining News Pro - China is considering accepting some stranded Australian coal cargoes, an effort that would help ease a logjam of vessels that have stacked up off its coast for months.
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China’s ban on Australian coal forces trade flows to realign
Mining News Pro - China’s effective ban on imports of Australian coal is forcing a realignment of flows between the world’s two biggest importers and two largest exporters.
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Renewable future for defunct Australian coal mine
Mining News Pro - The federal and New South Wales state government is backing plans by Centennial Coal to potentially turn an old coal mine into a source of reliable renewable energy to power New South Wales.
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China halts $700m in Australian coal shipments
Mining News Pro - Prime Minister Scott Morrison has revealed Australia’s best people are working on resolving why $700 million of Australian coal shipments are held off from Chinese ports.
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Aurizon forecasts China blow to Australian coal exports
Mining News Pro - Aurizon managing director and chief executive officer Andrew Harding expects that a Chinese decline in coal imports will continue.
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China bans Australian coal imports as political relations sour
Mining News Pro - China has suspended purchases of Australian coal, according to people familiar with the order, as Beijing continues to tightly control imports of the fuel amid soured political relations with Canberra.
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Glencore to cut Australian coal production as global market plunges
Mining News Pro - Glencore will temporarily shut down sites and equipment at a number of New South Wales and Queensland coal operations to manage its production profile as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the global market.
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Rajant & Hitachi announce deployment of AHS in Australian coal mine
Mining News Pro - Rajant Corporation, the provider of Kinetic Mesh® wireless networks, and Hitachi Construction Machinery Australia say they are improving operational safety and productivity through the use of autonomous haulage systems in an Australian coal mine. Hitachi selected Rajant Kinetic Mesh because it is the only industrial wireless network enabling vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication, which allows autonomous vehicles to talk directly to each other, providing enhanced coverage and reliability.
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Anglo American boosts Australian coal production
Mining News Pro - Anglo American has increased production at its Australian metallurgical coal operations during the December 2019 quarter, helping to balance lower copper production at its Chilean sites.
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BHP investors file resolution to cut funding for Australian coal lobby groups
Mining News Pro - Several BHP Group shareholders, including the Church of England pension fund, are recommending the company suspend its membership in industry groups that advocate for policies inconsistent with the Paris climate change agreement.
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Australian coal industry recommends Canadian carbon capture technology
Mining News Pro - Australia’s coal industry research and development fund COAL21 is recommending authorities to support the adoption of a carbon sponge technology that offers cheaper emissions reductions.
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Chinese go-slow on Australian coal imports may be starting to show
Mining News Pro - China`s unofficial go-slow on clearing Australian coal through customs didn`t show up in the first two months of this year, but it may now be starting to have an impact.
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Australian coal asset sales completed by Rio Tino
Mining News - The Rio Tino is still on the mission to completely destroy its coal assets in spite of the fact that top coal producers are receiving the highest profits in six years from their coal mines
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