Thermal Coal

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.