Coal MiningNews and information about coal mining.Coal plants, mines are biggest mercury polluters in NM (New Mexico Business Weekly)- September 16, 2008 The New Mexico Environment Department has completed an inventory of mercury emissions in New Mexico for the year 2002 that indicates coal-fired power plants and mining are the largest sources of mercury pollution in the state.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/coal+mining/SIG=12nup7sgd/*http%3A//www.bizjou... Mining stocks fall (Toronto Star)- September 16, 2008 Mining stocks took another beating today over concerns about falling demand combined with the financial woes on Wall Street, but the industry remained confident thoat a "long-term commodity bull market" will soon reassert itself.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/coal+mining/SIG=11imcb6hd/*http%3A//www.thesta... Mining stocks down, but financial crisis could be good news for precious metals (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)- September 16, 2008 TORONTO - Mining stocks took another beating Tuesday over concerns about falling demand combined with the financial woes on Wall Street, but the industry remained confident thoat a "long-term commodity bull market" will soon reassert itself.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/coal+mining/SIG=127rhl5di/*http%3A//ca.news.ya... Five Injured in Coal Mining Accident (WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia)- September 16, 2008 Five miners were hurt Monday at a mine in New Haven, West Virginia. That's in Mason County.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/coal+mining/SIG=11k4cj0n0/*http%3A//www.wsaz.c... Hitachi Construction Faces 20% Steel Cost Increase (Update2) - Bloomberg- September 16, 2008 Sept. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. , the world's largest maker of giant excavators, may need to pay as much as 20 percent more for steel, the third increase since May, said Chief Executive Officer Michijiro Kikawa . The ...http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=a2ZGyDtxPPDo&refer=japan Five U.S. coal companies upgraded after review - S&P - Forbes- September 16, 2008 MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services upgraded five U.S.-based coal mining companies, citing high coal prices and improving financial metrics. Peabody Energy Corp. and Consol Energy Inc. were raised to 'BB+' from 'BB', Arch ...http://www.forbes.com/afxnewslimited/feeds/afx/2008/09/16/afx5428697.html Leighton Wins A$260 Million Contract for Wesfarmers Coal Mine (Bloomberg.com)- September 16, 2008 Sept. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Leighton Holdings Ltd. , Australia's largest engineering and construction company, won a A$260 million ($207 million) contract extension at Wesfarmers Ltd.'s Curragh North coal mine in Queensland state.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/coal+mining/SIG=1245rmk5p/*http%3A//www.bloomb... Farmers protest coal mine plans (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)- September 16, 2008 Hundreds of farmers in the north-west of New South Wales are protesting about mining expansions outside a coal industry conference in the Liverpool Plains.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/coal+mining/SIG=12p469mqf/*http%3A//au.news.ya... Hitachi Construction Machinery Faces 20% Steel Cost Increase - Bloomberg- September 16, 2008 Sept. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. , the world's largest maker of giant excavators, may need to pay as much as 20 percent more for steel, the third increase since May, said Chief Executive Officer Michijiro Kikawa . The ...http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=a4wfAQkQjPkw&refer=japan Chinese migrant workers suffer in mining regions (Gulf Times)- September 15, 2008 XIAOYI, China: Zhang Yongling is a typical migrant labourer raised in the rural farmlands of Chinas southwest, he is now a mine worker in the brutal northern coal-producing region.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/coal+mining/SIG=13ivjmkqd/*http%3A//www.gulf-t... |