Comdek announced that it has signed an option to acquire 100% of the issued capital of Tiger Coal, a company that has applied for two coal projects, the Jericho East and Jericho West Coal Projects in Tasmania. Inferred historical tonnes of coal is 60 to 80Mt of black thermal coal. The company reproted that there [...]

State environmental regulators have made first use of broader powers, ordering National Coal Corp. to halt some of its mining on Zeb Mountain.
The Environment and Conservation Department also ordered the company to pay $173,000 in fines for mining through two streams without first getting water quality permits.
A recent change in state law gives regulators authority [...]

QuadTech International, Inc. , a global provider of leading-edge technology solutions for the mining industry, today reported on the company’s progress pursuing growing opportunity for its breakthrough mine-safety solution in the $1.3 trillion mining industry. QuadTech has identified significant potential for adoption of its iPMine wireless communication solution among mining companies in China and the [...]

An investor group is injecting $117 million into Targe Energy, an Aspinwall, Pa., coal mining and natural gas drilling firm.
The money, most of which came from Carlyle/Riverstone Global Energy and Power Fund III LP, will be used to expand coal and waste coal businesses and to drill for coal bed methane in the Appalachian Basin, [...]