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- Metal and Mining Companies in Columbia Can Join Global Supply Network
- Vale's Second Quarter Earnings and Conference Call Announcement
- Compania de Minas Buenaventura Announces Second Quarter 2010 Results
- Caterpillar Continues Expansion of Mining Operations; Announces New Facility in North Carolina
- Miller Energy Resources Announces Fiscal Year End Record Financial Results
- Neenah Enterprises, Inc. Announces Successful Emergence From Bankruptcy
- China Precious Metal Resources Holdings Co., Ltd. Dispatches Circular in Respect of Acquisition of Gold Mine Assetsin Mojiang Hani Minority Autonomous Prefecture
- Arch Coal, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2010 Results
- General Steel to Announce Second Quarter 2010 Results on August 6, 2010
- Anglo American CEO Cynthia Carroll Interviewed on Interim Results
- Black Hawk Completes 7 Hole 80 Sample Dun Glen Gold Drill Program
- Imerys Announces Strong 1st Half 2010 Results
- NACCO Industries, Inc. Announces Dates of 2010 Second Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call
- Global Alumina Announces Joint Venture Budget Approval
- Arabian American Development to Host Conference Call to Discuss Second Quarter 2010 Financial Results on August 5, 2010
- Coal Division Drives CONSOL to Record Revenue of $1.289 Billion; Quarterly Gas Production Grows 42% to Record 31.9 Bcf; 2010 Marcellus Shale Wells Have EURs Ranging From 5.5 to 9.9 Bcf Per Well; New BMX Mine on Track for Late 2013 Opening
- Acclaimed Best-Selling Author, Niall Ferguson Will Speak at the 17th Annual Investing in African Mining Indaba in South Africa
- Duluth Announces Appointments Arising out of Corporate Reorganization
- Newmont Announces 50% Increase to Regular Quarterly Dividend
- International Coal Group Reports Second Quarter 2010 Results
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DSI Develops Roof Mesh for Roof and Rib Control
DSI Underground Systems has launched its TenCate longwall screens for shield recovery operations and roof and rib control. These products have been in development for the last seven years. Numerous successful...
ITT to Purchase Godwin Pumps
ITT Corp has agreed to purchase privately held Godwin Pumps for $585 million. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2010, pending customary regulatory approvals. “This acquisition...
Matrix Completes Installations of Advanced Safety Systems
Matrix Design Group has completed the first installations of advanced communications and tracking systems that it claims are fully compliant with the requirements of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency...
Camfil Farr Opens Five Regional Offices
Camfil Farr Air Pollution Control (APC), a leading producer of dust and fume collectors to clean up industrial processes, has opened five regional sales and service offices across the country for enhanced...
Strata to Distribute HazardAvert
Strata Safety Products recently announced a new distributorship agreement with Frederick Mining Controls to offer HazardAvert systems for proximity detection and collision avoidance in underground and...
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Centennial Considers Banpu Takeover
Banpu, Southeast Asia’s largest coal producer, is preparing to take over Australia’s Centennial Coal in a deal worth A$2 billion, one of the largest coal deals for a Thai company. With 11 coal mines...
Raspadskaya Investigation Delayed; Putin Says Mine Will be Restored
Itar-Tass reported the investigation into the Raspadskaya coal mine disaster in the Kemerovo Region may be prolonged by another two months. The location of the area where the explosion occurred remains...
Chinese Coal Imports Slowed Some in May
Statistics from China General Administration of Customs show China imported 11 million metric tons (mt) of coal in May down by 19% month-on-month and marking the lowest monthly imports since the year....
Mongolia Coal Railway will Link with Russia
Mongolian lawmakers have approved plans for a rail line linking with Russia to help tap large coal deposits in the south, the latest move in the long delayed project that will help make the poor but mineral-rich...
Anglo Sells Undeveloped Coal Assets in Australia
Anglo American entered into a conditional agreement with a consortium, composed of Korea Electric Power Corp., POSCO and Cockatoo Coal Ltd., to sell its interests in five undeveloped coal assets in Australia...
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Cat Relaunches Shovels, Expands Truck Line, and Extends the Reach on Loaders
Cat recently announced a series of investments for the next four years that it hopes will significantly enhance the company’s position as one of the leading manufacturers of equipment for the mining...
Joy Ships 200th 7LS Shearer
Joy Mining Machinery manufactured its 200th 7LS model shearer and shipped it to the Shaanxi Coal Group in China. That makes 200 Joy 7LS shearers shipped globally and 90 Joy shearers now in China.
Tough Duty Tablet PC
The JLT8404 rugged tablet PC includes a number of technological innovations, including a new ultra-low voltage Intel Atom processor. This energy-efficient chip runs at 1.6 GHz, bringing much higher performance...
Multi Pick-Up Coupler
The patent pending JRB Multi Pick-Up Coupler by Paladin Construction Group was designed specifically to pick up and work with attachments such as JRB 416, JRB ISO, John Deere 416, John Deere Hi-Viz, Volvo,...
Tire Pressure Monitoring System
The Doran 360CE tire pressure monitoring system is ideal for all sizes and configurations of equipment. Programming and installation of the digital LCD display and valve-mounted sensors can be accomplished...
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Top 10 Coal Producing States
(in Thousand Short Tons)
Week Ending 6/26/10
| YTD ‘10 | YTD ‘09 | % Change | |
| Wyoming | 204,854 | 209,112 | -2.0 |
| West Virginia |
68,746 | 70,327 | -3.6 |
| Kentucky | 52,217 | 56,282 | -7.2 |
| Pennsylvania | 30,335 | 29,754 | 2.0 |
| Montana |
20,184 | 19,479 | 3.6 |
| Texas |
18,754 | 17,049 | 10.0 |
| Indiana |
17,900 | 18,538 | -3.4 |
| Illinois |
15,904 | 17,182 | -7.4 |
| North Dakota |
14,700 | 14,582 | 0.8 |
| Colorado |
13,364 | 14,546 | -8.1 |
| U.S. Total | 523,435 | 534,475 | -2.1 |