Exploration & development

ASX-listed Acacia Coal has cuts its exploration and evaluation work substantially as it seeks to conserve cash.

The Wangan and Jagalingou indigenous people has approved an Indigenous Land Use Agreement for the Carmichael coal project.

The Queensland Resources Council has called on the Queensland government to reform the approval process as another legal challenge to the Carmichael project is launched.

A group of indigenous people have lodged an appeal against the granting of the mining leases for the Carmichael coal project.

Aspire Mining has announced a JORC coal resource of 12.85 million t at its Nuurstei metallurgical coal project in Mongolia.

Paringa Resources has begun a bankable feasibility study at tis Buck Creek No. 2 mine in the Illinois Basin.

The Queensland government has approved three mining leases for the giant Carmichael coal project.

Following the granting of the mining licence for the Rukwa coal deposit on 23 February 2016, Edenville Energy has provided an update on progress its Rukwa coal-to-power project in Tanzania.

ASK-listed coal company, Cokal, has sold its PT Anugerah Alam Manuhing tenements in Indonesia.

A court in Warsaw has confirmed Prairie’s legal right to develop coal in the K-6-7 concession, part of its Lublin Coal Project.

Centric Mining Systems has announced the pending release of the first free, cloud based drill hole and sample management system.

The expansion of underground mining operations has been approved at Glencore’s Ulan coal mine in New South Wales.

Pakistan has extended the financial incentives for companies investing in the Thar Desert coalfields in the southeast of the country.

Coal of Africa had a busy six months between July and December 2015 as its progressed development at Makhado and bid for Universal Coal.

The Queensland state government has announced a measure to relieve the financial burden on coal exploration companies working in the state.