The Coal Roundup covers activities in the coal sector of the past month across the globe, focusing on exploration and feasibility studies, projects, operations, labour and safety issues, logistics, corporate activity and general trends. This month's electronic roundup includes details of an Australian hamlet that wants A$100-million for hosting an Xstrata coal mine; logistics and shipping group Grindrod’s R1.13-billion capital expenditure commitment and diversified miner BHP Billiton’s sombre message to South Africa.

The report draws on material published over the past 12 months and is a summary of other sources of information published in Engineering News and Mining Weekly, as well as information available in the public domain. The report does not purport to provide analysis of market trends.

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