Cooling of coal mines in the Bowen Basin, characterised by steep geothermal gradient, is presently achieved mostly through rental surface bulk air cooling in summer months. This paper argues that future mines will be required to focus their cooling resources more intensively to manage a challenging ...
Cooling pathways for deep Australian longwall coal mines of the futureCooling of coal mines in the Bowen Basin, characterized by steep geothermal gradient, is presently achieved mostly through rental surface bulk air cooling in summer months. This paper argues that future mines will be required to ...
BHP Mitsui Coal owns and operates the South Walker Creek and Poitrel coal mines in the Bowen Basin. Credit: BHP. Coal miner Stanmore Resources has secured a $625m debt facility with certain financiers to partially fund the proposed acquisition of an 80% stake in BHP Mitsui Coal (BMC). T...
Where is metallurgical coal found? Metallurgical coal comes mainly from the United States, Canada and Australia. We have seven operating coal mines in the Bowen Basin area of Central Queensland in Australia. Queensland Queensland Coal comprises the seven BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) assets in ...
Australian coking coal producer Macarthur Coal has lifted the declaration of force majeure for production from its Coppabella and Moorvale mines in the Bowen Basin region of Queensland that were hit by torrential rains in January and February. The company first declared force majeure on Jan. 25,...
The first recorded outburst in Australia occurred at Metropolitan colliery on 30 September 1895. In the 122-year period to 2017, over 878 outburst events were recorded in twenty two Australian underground coal mines. Mining operations in the Bulli seam, located in the southern Sydney Basin, have...
BHP has confirmed it will halve the electricity emissions produced from its coal mines in Queensland, Australia by 2025. The world’s biggest mining firm, which operates nine metallurgical coal sites in the state’s Bowen Basin, said it has signed a firm renewable power purchasing agreement to ...
The European Commission has approved a Romanian State aid measure to support the closure of four uncompetitive coal mines of Lonea, Lupeni, Livezeni, and Vulcan, in the Jiu Valley. COP29: The uprising of energy sovereignty Tuesday 03 December 2024 12:00 FutureCoal highlights the growing cal...
Whitehaven Coal has completed the acquisition of 100% of the Blackwater and Daunia metallurgical coal mines in Queensland’s Bowen Basin. Learn more Whitehaven’s Keryn Zambrowski wins 2024 Exceptional Woman Award Whitehaven’s Keryn Zambrowski claimed one of the mining industry’s most prestigious...
A coal mine in the eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk, the sole domestic supplier of coking coal to the steel industry, continues to operate as Russian troops approach, an industry source said on... RENEWABLE ENERGY Mines urged to fill renewables gaps with green electrons from on-site waste ...