Exploration & development

Amended applications for two linked coal projects in the Gloucester area of New South Wales have gone on public display.

The Peabody-Glencore United Wambo Joint Venture environmental impact assessment has been submitted to the New South Wales Government.

Construction at the Makhado metallurgical coal project will not now begin until 2017, the project owners, Coal of Africa, have said.

Funding for Resgen’s Boikarabelo coal mine has been agreed subject to approval with a syndicate of lenders.

Indonesia-focused coal company, Cokal, is expecting its IUP mining licence for the Bumi Barito Mineral coal project to be issued by the end of the year.

Wallarah 2 Coal Project has placed amended plans on display for public comment after it failed to gain Aboriginal approval of its original application.

Crystal Peak Minerals Inc. has engaged CH2M Engineers Inc., Norwest Corp. and Novopro Projects to complete a feasibility study.

The New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment has approved Centennial Coal’s extraction plants for the Springvale coal mine extension project.

Prairie Mining has received political support from both national and regional government in Poland for its Jan Karski coal mine development.

Resource Generation has adopted a new execution strategy and mining plan for the Boikarabelo coal project in South Africa.

Kibo Energy has completed the mining definitive feasibility study for its Mbeya coal-to-power project in Tanzania.

Kibo Mining has completed the Water Availability Study for its Mbeya coal-to-power project in Tanzania.

The main work streams for the Mbeya coal-to-power project continue to progress.

Paringa Resources has finalised the CAPEX estimate for the construction and development of its Buck Creek No.2 mine, reducing the estimate by US$5 million.

Atrum Coal is preparing for site operations to extract bulk samples of anthracite at its Groundhog project in British Columbia.