Exploration & development

Prairie Mining has announced the completion of a maiden hard-coking Coal Resource Estimate.

Resgen has release a statement of coal resources and coal reserves.

Site works commence at Kalium Lakes Ltd’s Beyondie sulfate of potash project, 160 km southeast of Newman in Western Australia.

Kiewit is the newest addition to Jameson Resources’ team tasked with updating the PFS on the Crown Mountain metallurgical coal project in British Columbia, Canada.

Pacific American Coal appoints Mark Lochtenberg as Managing Director to push forward development of the company’s flagship hard coking coal project, Elko, in British Columbia, Canada.

The results from a preliminary coal quality analysis indicate that Debienkso hosts a range of premium quality hard metallurgical coals comparable to internationally traded benchmark coking coals.

Gensource Potash Corp. has announced that it has successfully completed the two well exploration drilling programme in its 100% owned Vanguard project area.

Fluor Corp. has been awarded a FEED contract by Danakali Ltd in Eritrea, East Africa for the Colluli Potash Project.

JOGMEC has confirmed its participation in the 2017 field programme at the Pallisades project in Alberta.

Western Potash Corp. has announced that Milestone Potash Corp. has received the final engineering report on the proposed Milestone Pilot Plant Project.

Edenville Energy is continuing work to begin small-scale mining operations at its Rukwa project next year to help supply growing domestic demand in Tanzania.

Edenville has announced the third, and final, set of it has received from SGS Laboratories in relation to the recent bulk sampling programme carried out on the Mkomolo and Namwele deposits.

The New South Wales Planning Minister has denied any changes to policy on the Drayton South project after press reports suggests government may move to protect thoroughbred stables.

Coal processing and infrastructure specialist, Sedgman, has joined the team updating the Crown Mountain metallurgical coal project prefeasibility study.

Tanzania-focused coal mine and power plant developer, Edenville Energy, has received a number of EPC proposals for its Rukwa coal-to-power plant.