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The explosion occurred on early morning in the country’s Tkibuli city.

“Methane explosion supposedly caused the collapse of the ceiling in the tunnel,” Georgia Today reported quoting the ministry.

According to the newspaper, the injured persons were taken to the hospital and one of them was in critical condition.

An investigation has been launched.

In April, another explosion in the same mine killed six miners and injured three others.</s>Cash-strapped Eskom may pay as much as R100m a month in a desperate bid to truck coal stockpiles from Limpopo to supply two power stations in Mpumalanga, 400km away.

An estimated 200 trucks will leave Lephalale daily in a bid to transport 1-million tonnes of Medupi coal to its Kendal and Kusile power stations.

The enormous operation puts into perspective the severity of the coal supply crunch Eskom faces. Already in the grips of a financial crisis, it will now incur significant additional costs in procuring coal over and above an ongoing wage negotiation. With about R350bn in guarantees from the government, Eskom poses the single largest risk to the economy.

The Treasury has repeatedly said it does not have money to bail out the embattled utility.

The stockpiled coal comes from Exxaro’s Grootegeluk mine and was intended to feed the long-delayed Medupi power station, but due to a take-or-pay coal supply deal with the miner, the stockpile has grown to about 20-million tonnes.

Eskom spokesman Khulu Phasiwe would not be drawn on what the cost was to truck each tonne of coal. As Eskom already owned the coal, the only cost to Eskom was transport, he said.

Energy expert Chris Yelland said the true cost of transporting the coal was about R850 a tonne. "This includes an estimated R500 a tonne to transport the coal from Medupi to Kendal, as well as a sunk cost of about R300 to R350 per tonne for the coal procured by Eskom from Exxaro’s Grootegeluk coal mine and stockpiled at Medupi."

Based on an estimated 200 trucks a day holding 33 tonnes of coal each, Eskom would move about 205,000 tonnes of coal a month, or about 25-million tonnes a year.

"At a cost of R500 a tonne, Eskom could incur costs of some R100m a month in transport costs alone in getting the coal from Medupi to Kendal and Kusile by road," Yelland said.

Phasiwe said that the "coal delivery price" would be "lower than R800 per tonne that some experts have bandied around". He said moving the coal by truck was a short-term measure until Transnet can transport the bulk of the coal by rail.

Transnet Freight Rail confirmed on Monday it had already made a proposal to Eskom to transport 4-million tonnes a year by rail, although services to load and unload coal would still need to be contracted.

Even so, at these prices Eskom looks likely to exceed its primary energy budget. Group executive for generation at Eskom Thava Govender said in May additional coal had to be procured at an average cost of R400-R450 a tonne if the utility were to keep to its budget.

Wage increases are also likely to break the budget, although a deal is yet to be struck. Eskom is said to have offered a 7.5% increase, but unions have demanded 8%. Housing allowances and bonuses remain sticking points.

Coal industry experts have warned of a "coal cliff", at first predicted to occur in 2020 when supply from Eskom’s cost-plus mines, largely located in Mpumalanga, was expected to run out. These mines were built in conjunction with Eskom on the condition that coal would be supplied to the utility at cost with a modest margin on top.

Without renewed support from Eskom, large mines have not invested in any new coal ventures. Former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe dissuaded investment further when he announced the utility would break ties with cost-plus mines and procure coal from smaller miners.</s>related media assets (image or videos) available. Click to see the gallery.

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Four miners were killed and six injured on Monday when the roof of a coal mine in western Georgia collapsed, the country's interior ministry said.

TBILISI: Four miners were killed and six injured on Monday when the roof of a coal mine in western Georgia collapsed, the country's interior ministry said.

The accident occurred at the Mindeli mine in Tkibuli, 200 kilometres (124 miles) west of the capital, Tbilisi, the ministry said in a statement.

It added that the accident had been caused by a pressure bump - an explosion caused by thermal pressure. Four men were transferred to a hospital.

The government will close the mine until an investigation is complete and it gets the conclusions of international experts.

Sixteen miners have died at the mine in different accidents since 2011. The last similar accident occurred in April this year, when six miners were killed and three were injured.

"The state can't allow putting lives and health of its own citizens under threat and therefore we had decided to close the mine," the government said in a statement.

The mine is operated by Saknakhshiri, a Georgian company.</s>TBILISI (Reuters) - Four miners were killed and six injured on Monday when the roof of a coal mine in western Georgia collapsed, the country’s interior ministry said.

The accident occurred at the Mindeli mine in Tkibuli, 200 kilometres (124 miles) west of the capital, Tbilisi, the ministry said in a statement.

It added that the accident had been caused by a pressure bump - an explosion caused by thermal pressure. Four men were transferred to a hospital.

The government will close the mine until an investigation is complete and it gets the conclusions of international experts.

Sixteen miners have died at the mine in different accidents since 2011. The last similar accident occurred in April this year, when six miners were killed and three were injured.

“The state can’t allow putting lives and health of its own citizens under threat and therefore we had decided to close the mine,” the government said in a statement.

The mine is operated by Saknakhshiri, a Georgian company.</s>ROCKHAMPTON VISIT: Labor's Capricornia candidate Russell Robertson hosted Shadow Assistant Minister for Climate Change, Energy and Infrastructure Pat Conroy's in Rockhampton to discuss their approach towards energy policy.

ROCKHAMPTON VISIT: Labor's Capricornia candidate Russell Robertson hosted Shadow Assistant Minister for Climate Change, Energy and Infrastructure Pat Conroy's in Rockhampton to discuss their approach towards energy policy. Leighton Smith

THE furnace of the great coal debate was stoked again yesterday after Labor claimed CQ's local LNP members would be foolish continuing to push for a new coal fired power station.

CQ's pro-coal LNP members including Resources Minister Senator Matt Canavan and Capricornia MP Michelle Landry seized on a report released on Monday from the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) citing the need to retain Australia's fleet of coal fired power stations for as long as possible, at least the next 20 years, to maintain grid stability and keep energy prices down before being replaced by renewables.

Labor's Shadow Assistant Minister for Climate Change, Energy and Infrastructure Pat Conroy, joined by Labor's candidate for Capricornia Russell Robertson said they believed coal still had a role to play in Australia's export market, especially steel making metallurgical coal, which was growing healthily with several new mines in the pipeline for CQ.

But Mr Conroy drew a distinction saying it was disingenuous of Senator Canavan to continue to push hard with his pro-thermal coal agenda when it was no longer regarded the cheapest option for investing in future energy generation.

"I just think what he's doing is fundamentally disrespectful because the easiest thing a politician can do is to lie to workers and say that nothing has to change when things are changing” Mr Conroy said.

"The real debate is not about coal mining, it's about power generation and what needs to happen in the power generation sector.

"It's not about existing coal fired power stations, they're going to keep chugging along and provide electricity for the term of their natural life, the key thing is what replaces them.”

Mr Conroy said the report didn't recommend the construction of a new coal-fired power station, something members of the Coalition Government had been strongly agitating for, saying instead that Australia's future power generation would be cheaper investing in transmission and incorporating an energy mix of renewables with storage, pumped hydro and flexible gas-powered generation (for base load power).

"Anyone who is arguing that we should spend $5b on a new coal fired power station, is arguing for more expensive power,” he said.

"It's not based in reality, it's not going to deliver significant jobs for coal mining communities, even if you did this, because the vast majority of coal is exported.

"Only 10 per cent of Queensland coal is used in local power stations.”

Hailing from the coal mining electorate of Shortland, which takes in the Hunter Valley, Mr Conroy went to great lengths to emphasise that Labor wasn't "anti-coal”.

"Our region, like this region, was built on coal and we honour that, but we have to be honest about what's happening in the power sector not export coal,” he said.

"Canavan is trying to combine those two pieces, he's being dishonest and quite frankly is trying to hoodwink voters.”

Senator Canavan while he wasn't "wedded to a particular fuel type”, the AEMO reported showed clearly that coal fired power was currently the cheapest way to supply base load power and we needed to keep existing coal fired power stations going.

"If we had cheaper gas supplies, gas could certainly play that role but the gas price at the moment is very expensive and there are risks of it going higher if other states don't belt their gas resources,” Senator Canavan said.

"So I wouldn't want to put my eggs in that basket either.”

He said it was hypocritical for us to refuse to build a coal fired power station and use the product we were selling to others.

"If we're banning coal fired power stations here, how can we credibly go to other countries and sell the product overseas when we're not willing to stand behind the product ourselves?” Senator Canavan said.

"The demand for coal is sky-rocketing, countries in Asia are building hundreds of the latest coal fired power stations.

"You can not defend coal mining jobs unless you think there's a continuing role for coal fired power in our region.”

Senator Canavan believed the technological developments that have occurred with regards to coal fired power have "brought their emissions down and they were now cleaner and better”.

"We should be looking to potentially build some of those here too,” he said.

Now that things were turning around for the coal market in CQ, Senator Canavan warned of a potential Labor-Greens alliance with an ambitious emissions reduction target requiring a "carbon tax 2.0” which could potentially erase the gains of recent years.

"You should expect your local representatives to be supporting local industries, supporting local jobs, fighting for those jobs and not giving currency to the misinformation and mistruths that are spread about our coal industry,” he said.</s>No fewer than three children have died in Sara Village in Gwaram LGA of Jigawa, following a cooking gas cylinder explosion.

The Spokesman for the Jigawa Police Command, ASP Abdu Jinjiri, who confirmed the incident, added that two others were injured by the explosion.

Jinijiri spoke with our reporter on Tuesday in Dutse.

“Last week, there was a fire incident in the house of one Alhaji Wada Sara and the following people, Zainab Wada, Abdul Wada, Aliyu Wada, Fati Wada and Abdulrahman Wada, got various degrees of injuries.

“They were rushed to the Federal Medical Centre Birninkudu in Birninkudu LGA for medical attention.

“The incident was as a result of explosion from a cooking gas cylinder,” Jinjiri said.

He said that Fati, Zainab and Abdulrahman, aged three, two and four years, respectively, later died at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) in Kano, where they were further taken.

The spokesman advised members of the public to be careful with gas cylinders.</s>Coal Pulverizer are used for crushing coal pieces into very fine required particle size in range of micrometers for feeding boilers and ensure minimal energy wastage. The Coal Pulverizer firstly grind coal into a fine powder, followed by drying and classification that plays key role to segregate fine particles of the crushed coal and further send them to the boiler. The fine particles are only allowed to pass through while coarse particles are recycled back for repeated pulverization. The boilers being used across various industries around the globe mostly consume coal as the source of the fuel. Apart from supplying machinery, the manufacturers also offer management services such as technical consultations on transportation, installation, commissioning, compliance test and user training. The suppliers in the Coal Pulverizer marketplace are paying special focus on maintaining full line-up of product mix ranging from small to high capacity and achieving global sourcing capability. The Coal Pulverizers design and operation are important plant design component to achieve low emission combustion systems. The end user have shifted towards using low gaseous emissions (NOx, CO, HC) burners in the last decade forcing Coal Pulverizers manufactures to develop enhanced technologies to meet challenging emission related specification listed by the concerned authorities in all parts of the globe.

The industrial output and retail sales is growing at a steady pace driving the growth of Coal Pulverizers systems in the coming years. Owing to growing demand, due to increased spending in the construction sector and infrastructure facilities, the setting up of manufacturing factories had attracted huge investments and developments in recent years. Asia Pacific will lead the global Coal Pulverizers market in terms of volume and is expected to maintain its dominance in the coming decade due to massive production activities in the region. The attractive growth across all major economies ranging from developed to emerging countries has boosted global trade, especially among countries that are efficiently linked using supply chains. The major countries anticipated to register large number of sales are China and India. Also, the Asia Pacific market is registering huge growth new investments making it one of the most competitive market as players across all industries are in a race to efficiently produce products at the point of demand. As a result, the developing part of the globe will play key part in the demand growth of Coal Pulverizers globally

On the basis of design, the Coal Pulverizers market can be segmented into:

On the basis of vehicle type, the Coal Pulverizers market can be segmented into:

On the basis of sales channel, the Coal Pulverizers market can be segmented into:

Below 10 Tonnes Per Hour (TPH)

 10-50 Tonnes Per Hour (TPH)

 Above 50 Tonnes Per Hour (TPH)

The global Coal Pulverizers market is segmented into seven key regions: North America, Latin America, Western Europe and Eastern Europe, Asia Pacific Excluding Japan (APEJ), Japan and Middle East and Africa (MEA). In the coming years, Western Europe, Japan and North America plant operators will be focusing on low emission Coal Pulvizers to clear various environmental regulation will create positive impact over the Coal Pulverizers market. The APEJ is expected to witness rapid industrialization due to presence of high growth economies that will directly push demand for Coal Pulverizers as they are directly linked to the industrial production. Moreover, the companies involved in manufacturing Coal Pulverizers have started focusing on the MEA, Latin America and Eastern Europe due to ongoing shift in manufacturing facilities to developing countries.

Examples of some of the market participants identified across the value chain of the global Coal Pulverizers market include:

Williams Patent Crusher and Pulverizer Co., Inc.

 Gilson Co.

 Stedman Machine Company

 Babcock & Wilcox

 Riley Stoker Corporation

 Foster Wheeler Corporation

 Pricol Market

 Magotteaux

 Innovative Combustion Technologies, Inc.

 Xtek Inc.</s>Ok, so at first Georgia talking about how loyal she is on this year’s Love Island was kind of funny… like Marcel when he couldn’t stop talking about Blazin' Squad last year.

But it seems that viewers have well and truly reached the quota of times the word can be said, and I think I speak for the majority of people when I say I would be happy not to hear it again for a long, long time.

On last night’s show, Islanders played a game called Couple of Sorts in which they ranked each other based on what the public’s opinion of each couple is. At one point, they were asked to choose the three most loyal (sorry) couples. Georgia expected to come out on top along with Sam, but she didn’t even make the top three… and she was fuming.

As she continued to lament her loss for the majority of the episode, viewers couldn’t stop talking about Georgia’s obsession with loyalty. At first, she got the meme treatment.

But as the show progressed and she refused to let it go, fans became more and more impatient.

Some people, however, have expressed sympathy for the 20-year-old, who was gutted earlier in the show when Josh did the dirty on her with Kaz in Casa Amor.

Hopefully by the time Georgia leaves the villa, we’ll all be able to see the funny side. There’s got to be some kind of loyal endorsement deal in the pipeline, at least?
An explosion in a coal mine in Tkibuli, Georgia, kills four people and injures six others.