For the second time in two weeks, the Greene County Commissioners tabled a request which would have allowed a Sullivan-based coal mining company to purchase equipment via a $1 million Office of Community and Rural Affairs grant.
Alton Coal mining company received approval from government regulators to exploration Utah coal mine in southern Utah. Exploration licensing coal mining after mining companies willing to provide guaranteed funds for mine site reclamation for coal to be on exploration.
Largest electricity supply companies in India Tata Power plans to buy coal from coal mines managed by the Australian mining company Riversdale. Planned purchases of coal from Riversdale to secure the supply of coal as a fuel electricity.
Tata Power Co., India’s biggest electricity generator outside state control, may buy coal from a mine in Mozambique being developed by Australia’s Riversdale Mining Ltd. to secure fuel supplies.
Rio Tinto Group, the world’s third- largest mining company, will double capital expenditure in 2010 after cutting net debt by 42 percent in the first nine months of this year.
Brazilian mining company, Vale Group is conducting a feasibility study for investing in the Moatize coal mines in Mozambique. The agreement between the governments of Mozambique and the Vale Group, in addition to investing in coal mines, Vale Group is also investing in copper mines in the North Konkola, Zambia.
The opening of coal mines in the mine owned Khutala, South Africa postponed, because of miners accident while driving a vehicle on the mine site. BHP Billiton reported the reopening Khutala coal mines have not been announced. Temporary suspension of coal mining exploration in Khutala, is likely to affect the production of coal mining company BHP Billiton.
Sullivan coal mining companies to get help from the state for $ 1 million for the procurement of mining equipment for underground mine workers. Grants intended to improve the mining exploration activities. But commissioners Southern Indiana Development Commission does not believe aid will be used properly.
