CHINA has lowered its coalmine development targets for 2010 to 2012 based pollution reduction policies and the global financial crisis.
06/11/2008
Media reports out of China have indicated that Clive Palmer’s US$60 billion coal export deal with China Power International Development (CPI) is nowhere near as complete as the mining magnate has suggested.
09/02/2010
THE HEAD of commodity research at ANZ, Mark Pervan, says the New South Wales coal mining sector will most probably not benefit from Chinese demand.
23/02/2009
CHINA looks to be Australia’s best hope of beating the recession with the country’s demand for coal fuelling our mining industry.
12/05/2009
ASF Group has entered into a memorandum of co-operation with one of China’s largest electricity generating companies, a Hong Kong subsidiary of Beijing’s China Huaneng Group (CHG).
24/09/2009
China's coal production safety record has improved over the past 10 years, with annual fatalities at coal mines falling from a peak of 6,995 deaths in 2002 to 2,631 in 2009, the Xinhia News Agency has reported.
18/02/2010
TWENTY-seven people have been killed and six injured in a coal mine explosion in northeast China.
05/09/2008
CHINA is set to increase its coal production by as much as 30% by 2015 to meet its energy needs, according to the Chinese Government.
13/01/2009
EIGHTEEN miners have been trapped in a flooded coal mine in central China’s Henan province in the country’s third mining accident in a week.
09/09/2008
NORTHERN Territory Minister for Resources, Kon Vatskalis has travelled to China leading a delegation of local businesses to take part in a number of high level meetings and investment seminars aimed at fostering Chinese investment.
11/05/2009
A GAS explosion at a coal mine in Gujiao City, China has killed 44 workers.
23/02/2009
AUSTRALIAN coal miners are nervous that the recommencement of mining in Shanxi, China will stifle demand for Australian coking and thermal coal.
17/08/2009
THE Chinese coal industry’s productivity push continues to deliver growth opportunities for Industrea, with the global mining products and services provider announcing a US$6 million order from another new Chinese client.
19/11/2009
CHINA’S third-largest coal miner has acquired Australian exploration permits for the Bowen Basin worth $1.5bn.
12/09/2008
CHINA’S top five power generating groups are planning to purchase one million tonnes of coal from Australia on a cost, insurance and freight (CIF) basis at $70 per tonne.
16/02/2009
THE FEDERAL Government is addressing its concerns that Australia’s mining sector could provide a conduit for China's espionage capability.
09/04/2009
FAT Prophets says the 25% drop in the Shanghai Index since May 2009 is no cause for concern for the Australian coal mining industry.
The fall has sparked concern as China has been one of the major buyers of the country’s coal throughout the global financial crisis.
08/09/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN coal industry fears that China’s discovery of a large coal field in Xinjiang will affect exports.
18/03/2009
Drilling at Waratah Coal's North Alpha project has revealed an additional coal resource of 3.48 billion tonnes, nearly doubling the company’s total resources.
09/02/2010
Clive Palmer has secured what he is hailing as the largest export contract in Australia’s history.
09/02/2010