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July 2015
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DATES
AIMEX 2015
1
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4 September 2015
Sydney, Australia
Coaltrans Japan
3
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4 September 2015
Tokyo, Japan
Coaltrans Coal Trading and Risk Management
15
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17 September 2015
Singapore
The Bluefield Coal Show
16
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18 September 2015
Bluefield, West Virginia, US
Coal Association of Canada Conference
16
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18 September 2015
Vancouver, Canada
The Australian Mine Ventilation Congress
30 September
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2 October 2015
Sydney, Australia
Asian ABC Users’ Group
13
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15 October 2015
Bangkok, Thailand
The World Coal Leaders Network
18
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20 October 2015
Barcelona, Spain
China Coal & Mining Expo
29 October
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1 November 2015
Beijing, China
COAL-GEN
8
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10 December 2015
Las Vegas, USA
SME Annual Meeting and Expo
21
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24 February 2016
Phoenix, USA
ACPS Annual Conference
13
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17 March 2016
Wollongong, Australia
Coal News
Coal News
A
round-up of news from coal
projects around the world.
Canada
Jameson Resources
Jameson Resources has received a
Section 11 Order from the British Columbia
Environmental Assessment Office (EAO), a
key milestone for the project as it details
the parts of the proposed project that will
be assessed during the Environmental
Assessment (EA), the effects that will be
considered and the required consultation
activities. AWorking Group will now be
formed of governmental, local and
First Nation experts to review Jameson’s
work to date and advise on the EA
application preparation.
Philippines
Altura Mining Philippines
Altura Mining Philippines has been
awarded two new Coal Operating
Contracts (COCs) as part of the Philippine
Energy Contracting Round 4, which was
held in March. The COCs cover Area 4
– Rapu Rapu, a 3000 ha site next to an
existing coal mine on Rapu Rapu Island,
and Area 17 – Surigao Del Sur, a 7000 ha.
site in the Bislig coal mining area. With the
company’s existing Catanduanes
tenement, the acquisition brings Altura’s
total coal exploration holdings in the
country to over 34 000 ha.
Tanzania
Edenville Energy
Data and documents – including
information on the mining plan,
employment and corporate and social
responsibility – for Edenville’s mining
licence application for the Rukwa coal
project has been completed and reviewed.
Consultancy, Tansheq, are now preparing
to submit the application and supporting
documents to the Tanzanian Ministry of
Energy and Minerals (MEM).
C
hurchill Mining and the
Indonesian government have
held talks to resolve their long-running
dispute over the licensing of an
East Kalimantan coal project, Reuters has
reported, quoting a source familiar with
the talks.
The dispute revolves around ownership
of a mine site in Easy Kutai that is
estimated to contain 2.73 billion t of coal
reserves. In 2012, Churchill’s mining
licence for the reserve was revoked by the
Indonesian government, which accused
the company of fraud.
Since then, the mining company has
spent more than US$10 million on legal
challenges to the government actions,
including taking the government to
international arbitration.
A verdict on the arbitration case was
expected in 2016 but Churchill recently
issued a statement saying that the
Indonesian government was no longer
accusing it of fraud.
According to a company press release,
the government “no longer alleges that
the company participated in a scheme to
defraud it and has accepted the
Ridlatama Group, Churchill’s former
business partners, were the sole
perpetrators of the alleged fraud”.
Last year, Churchill claimed damages
of US$1.35 billion arising from the
revocation of its East Kutai mining licence.
INTERNATIONAL
A round-up of global project developments
INDONESIA
Churchill in talks with Indonesian government
