Thermal Coal

Macarthur Coal announces Codrilla Coal deposit near Mackay as company’s fourth mine project

Macarthur Coal has announced that its Codrilla Coal deposit as the company’s fourth mine project.

Xstrata buys 17,000 hectare property for expansion of open cut thermal coal mine at Rolleston

It has been recently reported that Xstrata has bought a 17,474 hectare Meteor Downs pastoral with the purchase of turning it into a coal mine.

Planned $65m extension to thermal coal mine near Boggabri in north west NSW approved

A planned $65m extension to a thermal coal mine in north west New South Wales has been approved.

Favourable definitive feasibility study bouys Aston Resources' coking coal Maules Creek project

A favourable definitive feasibility study has bouyed viability of Aston Resources' semi-soft coking coal Maules Creek project.

UGL secures maintenance services contracts worth $400 million in oil and gas, coal and alumina

Asset service manager and Projectory subscriber UGL has secured more $400 million in new works and contract extensions with clients in oil and gas, coal and alumina.

Feasibility study into $3bn thermal coal mine in Galilee Basin expected to start within months

A feasibility study is likely to commence in the second half of 2011 on what could be a $3 billion thermal coal mine in Queensland's Galilee Basin.