
CHINA NATURAL RESOURCES, INC. announced that, on July 10, 2009, it consummated the acquisition of (a) all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Pineboom Investments Limited and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (the “Coal Group”) and (b) the outstanding indebtedness owing by the Coal Group to the related-party seller on the closing... 

Mechel OAO, one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announces that its Mechel Trading AG subsidiary has signed a long-term coking coal supply contract with South Korean Hyundai Steel.
In February 2009, visiting South Korea as a member of the Russian delegation headed by the Russian Federation Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin, Mechel... 

Homeland Energy Group Ltd. provide an update on the status of its Kendal Colliery following a planned shut-down for plant improvements and on its key exploration projects in South Africa.
“While the first year of any operation is filled with a certain amount of excitement, it is also the year in which the operations team makes adjustments and... 

Compliance Energy Corporation provide a progress report on the Raven Underground Coal project on Vancouver Island British Columbia.
Compliance Coal Corporation dba Comox Joint Venture (“CJV”) has just received an exploration permit from BC’s Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources to drill up to 53 holes (15,000 meters) on... 

Homeland Energy Group Ltd., a coal producer with operations in the Witbank area of South Africa announce that it has received formal notification from the South Africa Department of Mining & Energy (DME) that a Mining Right has been approved for Homeland’s Eloff Mineral Project (Eloff). At a potential 500,000 tonnes per month run-of-mine... 

Micron Enviro Systems, Inc. announce that it has applied for additional coal permits that are contiguous to existing coal permits currently held by the Company. These applications are located within the “Durango Trend” of the coal deposits in Saskatchewan, Canada. This area is the host for the most recent discovery by Goldsource Mines Inc.,... 

Alexander Molyneux, President of SouthGobi Energy Resources Ltd., and Gene Wusaty, Chief Operating Officer, announced today that an agreement has been signed with Glencore International AG to provide SouthGobi with coking coal marketing expertise and river barging/vessel loading logistical services for SouthGobi’s Mamahak coal project in East... 

Electra Gold Ltd. announce the acquisition of the Hushamu Coal Project along Holberg Inlet only 2.5km from its flagship PEM100 Quarry on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The area is secured by the application for a coal license over an area of 300 ha at a cost of $7.00 per ha.
Previous work on the property that was completed by S. Gardner, P.Geo.... 

Cloudbreak Resources Ltd. announces that permits to drill up to 40 coal exploration test holes at their “Dowd Lake Coal Property” near the town of La Ronge, in Central Saskatchewan have been approved and granted by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment. The “Dowd Lake Coal Property” is comprised of a total of 96 Coal Prospecting... 

Silver Fields Resources Inc. announce the Company has received notification from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment that the project proposal for the Company’s exploration program on the Old Channel Project located near Tobin Lake, has been approved.
The program has identified 17 potential drill sites on Coal Prospecting Permits held by... 