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Aug 22, 2017· BHP Billiton's headline attributable profit was US$5.89bn, a big turnaround from a record US$6.39bn loss a year earlier which had been impacted by .

The IndoMet Coal Project (ICP) (which was initially referred to by BHP Billiton as the Maruwai coal project), covers five potential coal deposits in East and Central Kalimantan in Indonesia. The coal deposits were discovered by BHP Billiton in the late 1990's but initial development of the first of the five deposits within the broad project area - the Haju coal project-- did not commence until ...

Aug 25, 2016· F TSE 100 giant BHP spun off South32 last year in a bid to simplify its structure. South32 mines lesser-known minerals such as manganese ore, used in stainless steel, as well as alumina, coal ...

Sep 13, 2019· BHP Billiton this year signalled its intention to exit the thermal coal business, Rio Tinto last year divested from large coal assets and Glencore has agreed to cap its current coal production ...

Jun 19, 2013· All up, BHP Billiton's total direct share of the coal produced is a little over 63 million tonnes for 2012, making it one of the world's largest exporters of thermal coal. Nor is it that the company is short on thermal coal resources: it has measured resources alone, based on mid-2012 data, of the best part of seven billion tonnes of it.

Thermal coal is the heat source for around 40% of all electricity generated globally today. In South Africa, thermal coal is what the country uses most to generate its electricity. In fact, around 77% of South Africa's primary energy needs are provided by coal. This is unlikely to change in the foreseeable future as there is a distinct lack of ...

Speaking during a media conference call following the release of the company's interim results, he said BHP Billiton would not respond to market speculations regarding plans to exit thermal coal ...

Jun 18, 2020· Key takeaways from PM Narendra Modi's announcements on commercial coal mining With easy entry and exit norms for commercial coal auctions the government expects participation from Indian companies like Hindalco, Jindal Steel & Power, JSW Energy, Adani Group and Vedanta besides global miners like Peabody, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto.

India will soon begin auctioning coal blocks for commercial mining purposes, as the Union cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved a methodology that puts an end to the .

However, BHP has previously said its thermal coal business only contributed about 3% of turnover and that if a good offer came along it would be willing to sell. There are a handful of companies, including Australia's Whitehaven Coal, China's Yancoal and India's Adani Enterprises, that have expressed interest in the Mt Arthur mine.

Analysts say Mr Henry has three big strategic decisions to make — the future of the company's oil assets, whether to exit thermal coal and if BHP should build a giant potash mine in Canada.

Dec 03, 2015· "BHP and Rio have pretty much got out of thermal coal, but most people in Australia, particularly the politicians, have not woken up to this fact," chief executive of 350 Australia, Blair Palese ...

BHP's new chief executive Mike Henry has signalled the mining giant could exit thermal coal and boost exposure to minerals used in green technologies as it looks to reposition itself for a lower ...

Thermal Coal versus Steelmaking or Coking Coal. Thermal coal is younger and has a lower heat content. Steelmaking coal is older, harder and brittle and has more heat content. Thermal coal is for power plants and electrical generation. Coal Prices. The higher the calorific content of the coal, the more expensive it is (the energy or heat content)

Jul 12, 2019· BHP Group is moving ahead with plans to exit thermal coal, according to people familiar with the matter, the latest move by the world's biggest miners to retreat from the dirtiest fuel.

Feb 24, 2019· BHP owns 33.3 per cent of Cerrejon, which produces a high-quality thermal coal. Glencore and Anglo own the other two equal parts in the business. Thermal coal .

While there's strong interest in thermal coal assets from private equity, there's much less appetite among major miners to add production of the fuel. BHP itself is looking to exit the business as growing climate change concerns have weakened its long-term demand outlook and ratcheted up pressure from investors to ditch the dirtiest fossil ...

Jul 20, 2020· BHP scales new production heights despite COVID-19 BHP is reportedly struggling to find a suitable offer for the sale of its Mt Arthur thermal coal mine in New South Wales.

BHP is the world's largest exporter of coking coal, but has largely moved away from thermal coal mining. The company is targeting net zero emissions from its operations in the second half of this ...

The group, which was spun out of BHP Billiton three years ago, has thermal coal, manganese and aluminium operations in Southern Africa, as well as mines in Australia, Colombia and Brazil. Kerr ...

At $639m, revenue in the first half of the year is only 13% of the coal division's total. Kerr did not agree that BHP Billiton's metallurgical coal business had outshone the thermal coal business, saying there were high performing assets in both.

BHP Billiton this year signalled its intention to exit the thermal coal business, Rio Tinto last year divested from large coal assets and Glencore has agreed to cap its current coal .

If BHP Billiton is trying to sell its thermal coal businesses, it would have significant implications for the South African coal industry in which it is the third largest exporter. Last week French group Total said it was selling its South African coal business with Glencore Xstrata thought to be a .

Jul 11, 2019· BHP Group is moving ahead with plans to exit thermal coal, according to people familiar with the matter, the latest move by the world's biggest miners to retreat from the dirtiest fuel.
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