Mining

The license will allow for the exploitation of potassium-bearing minerals which exist at relatively shallow depths within the vast license area. 

Mechel PAO has reported it has launched opencast mining at Dzhebariki-Khaya pit in Yakutia.

New Hope Group receives Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act approval for New Acland stage 3 continuation project.

Universal Coal continues on path to become mid-tier South African coal producer, with a securing of a five-year export contract for NCC.

The company has announced its activities in Mongolia are running ahead of schedule.

Edenville Energy has started trial mining at the Rukwa coal project near Sumbawanga in western Tanzania.

Whitehaven Coal revises its production guidance for its Narrabri longwall operation, but remains on track to achieve its group 2017 saleable production guidance.

First  coal  has  been  mined  and  trucked from Tigers  Realm  Coal’s Project F to the coal stockpiles at the Beringovsky Port in Russia.  

Vale enters into a stock purchase agreement with Mosaic to sell its fertilizer business to Mosaic, excluding its nitrogen and phosphate assets in Cubatão, Brazil. 

Universal Coal has received sufficient comfort on debt funding, paving the way for Phase 2 opencast operations to begin in January 2017 at the New Clydesdale Colliery.

TerraCom restarts mining operations at its Baruun Noyon Uul metallurgical coal mine in Mongolia.

According to The Telegraph, Sirius Minerals is expected to start construction of the North York Moors potash mine in January 2017.

TerraCom has executed a full service mining contract with Link Mining Services covering all operational aspects of coal mining and processing at Blair Athol.

100 PotashCorp miners will leave the Picadilly mine, on Tuesday 7 June 2016, according to CBC News.

The Department of Planning and Environment has approved a modification application from Idemitsu to construct and operate a borefield.