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Bechtel opens world’s first coal-seam-gas to LNG plant

On December 28th, Bechtel began loading LNG sourced from coal seams at their Queensland Curtis LNG facility. The QCLNG project connects more than 2,000 onshore wells, which flow into a 335 mile pipeline that moves the gas to the liquefaction facility … Continue reading

02. January 2015 by Jason Hayes
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Greenpeace gassing up

Interesting photo from the Kiwiblog – The Rainbow Warrior being refueled by a BP fuel truck. This is the same Rainbow Warrior that is owned and operated by Greenpeace, the multinational company that so vociferously campaigns against fossil fuels. I’m … Continue reading

07. March 2013 by Jason Hayes
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US coal exports booming

Listening to the Argus “US Coals Update” webcast – “US #coal #exports over 126 mn tons in 2012.” — ACC (@AmericanCoal) March 6, 2013

06. March 2013 by Jason Hayes
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2012 Coal Market Strategies wrap up

The 2012 Coal Market Strategies Conference held August 20-22 at the Meritage Resort and Spa in sunny and beautiful Napa, CA was a well-received and well-deserved success. Thanks must first go out to our conference program development committee for the … Continue reading

31. August 2012 by Jason Hayes
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Coal exports setting new records

We’ve heard it said in American Coal Council conferences, and I told it to an AP reporter this morning, even if some of the people in this country are naive enough to think we can stop using abundant, affordable, and … Continue reading

16. August 2012 by Jason Hayes
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Coal Leadership Advancement Seminar Series

The first Coal Leadership Advancement Seminar Series (CLASS) program was a success!! Thank you to everyone who joined us on June 26-28 at the The Magnolia Hotel in Downtown Denver Colorado. CLASS attendees enjoyed a diverse slate of presentations from … Continue reading

04. July 2012 by Jason Hayes
Categories: CCS, CCT, Coal Fundamentals, conference, Election 2012, Energy, Energy Trading, EPA, Jobs, Marketplace Information, Mining, NIMBY, Ports, Powder River Basin, Power Generation, presentations, Railroads, transmission, Utilities | Tags: , , , , , , | Comments Off on Coal Leadership Advancement Seminar Series

MIT research: Chinese coal infrastructure is modern

A November 1 article in POWER Magazine relates the findings of recent MIT research which investigates the rapid development of coal-fueled generation throughout China.

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23. November 2008 by
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India Spice Energy to build 1,000 MW coal-fueled power plant

 

Indian utility, Spice Energy has inked a 20-year agreement with PT Tambang Batubara (an Indonesian coal mining company) to supply their proposed 1,000 MW coal-fueled generation plant with 6 million metric tonnes annually beginning in 2011.

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BHP looks at merger with Rio Tinto

BHP eyes booming China in Rio Tinto bid
CNNMoney.com, Sydney – November 13 2007: 10:36 AM EST

A merger between Anglo-Australian rivals BHP Billiton Ltd. and Rio Tinto Ltd. would help the miners satisfy China’s burgeoning demand for steel, a BHP Billiton executive said Tuesday.

Rio Tinto (Charts) last week rejected BHP Billiton’s (Charts) 3-for-1 share offer that Dealogic PLC calculated to be worth as much as $149 billion.

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Chinese government restricts foreign access to mineral reserves

Beijing reserves its resources
The Australian – Business, Sydney – November 12, 2007

WHILE we keep happily digging up our metals and shipping them out, the Chinese are taking a slightly longer term view. The Ministry of Commerce and the National Development Reform Commission have reclassified China’s tungsten, molybdenum, tin, antimony and fluorite as being in the “prohibited category”.

What this means is that no foreign company can get involved in mining these metals. Add this to earlier moves to raise export taxes on metals and the message from Beijing is clear: you westerners can exhaust your deposits and in 50 years we’ll still have ours.

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