WITH reports of further falls in contract thermal coal prices, the outlook for Australian coal exporters has continued to weaken, according to experts.
08/01/2009
HANCOCK Prospecting has doubled its Queensland thermal coal production targets to 60 million tonnes a year.
13/08/2009
THE AUSTRALIA ASX has delayed the launch of its thermal coal futures contract.
21/04/2009
LIBERTY Resources has reported a huge increase in thermal coal resource from its coal projects.
22/09/2009
GLOBAL industrialisation and high prices of alternative energy sources have driven demand for thermal coal, which in turn has bolstered the worldwide market for coal mining, according to a new report from BizAcumen detailing the global explosives market.
30/11/2009
CENTENNIAL Coal says despite the downturn it has not experienced any significant demand weakness and there are some early signs of a tightening thermal market now evident.
23/04/2009
COAL & Allied is forecasting a weaker coal market in 2009 despite reporting a sevenfold surge in its profits for the previous year.
30/01/2009
A NSW power station is just weeks away from fully integrating solar thermal technology into its coal-fired power plant in the Upper Hunter.
28/10/2008
BHP BILLITON is planning an expansion of its Mt Arthur coal mine as the company takes advantage of rising prices
27/07/2009
NEW Hope says the drastic decline in thermal coal prices dues to the downturn will not stop it from expanding its New Acland mine.
16/03/2009
CENTENNIAL Coal says the demand for coal remains strong despite the difficult economic climate.
28/01/2009
WARATAH Coal is hoping to open a new thermal coal resource in central Queensland to mark its commitment to Australia’s coal export market.
19/09/2008
A WESTERN Australian miner has unveiled outstanding thermal coal resources in Queensland’s central west.
30/10/2008
GLOUCESTER Coal is nervous about the outcome of annual coking coal price negotiations.
27/02/2009
BHP Billiton has announced that the New South Wales Government has approved the expansion of the Mt Arthur coal mine.
30/07/2009
BHP BILLITON and Rio Tinto may be forced to slash their prices for coking coal by as much as one-third in 2009 as demand from steel makers continues to slide, according to a Bloomberg survey.
03/12/2008
MINES in NSW’s Hunter region may bypass the worst effects of the global financial crisis, according to a leading financial consultancy group.
08/01/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) has forecasted Australia’s thermal coal exports to dive 28% next financial year.
05/03/2009
GLOBALCOAL has announced the official launch date of the ICE Futures Newcastle coal futures contract.
07/11/2008
A KOREAN mining company has defended its proposed Wallarah Two coal mining project on the New South Wales central coast, saying it will have little impact on the region’s waterways.
06/01/2009