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• Australia's top polluter AGL faces push to accelerate coal-fired power exit

  05 Aug 2020
  Australia's heaviest greenhouse-gas emitter, AGL, will face a shareholder push to bring forward the closures of its remaining coal-fired power plants by at least 12 years to help limit the worst impa... Read More.

• IIlinois Basin Q2 coal production totals 14 million st, down 45.3% on year: MSHA

  05 Aug 2020
  Illinois Basin coal production totaled 14 million st in the second quarter, down 27.2% from the previous quarter, Mine Safety and Health Administration information said Aug. 3.
  From the year... Read More.

• Poland denies plans for quick coal phase-out

  05 Aug 2020
  Poland will not complete its coal phase-out before 2050, government officials insist, denying reports that Warsaw will push to end coal mining by the mid-2030s.
   
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• Wyoming coal mine furloughs workers amid downturn in coal

  05 Aug 2020
  The owner of Buckskin coal mine will furlough its workers in response to the weakening demand for coal nationwide, the company confirmed Tuesday. The furloughs come on the heels of the owner laying off 6... Read More.

• North Korea coal exports bouncing back after coronavirus lull, UN says

  04 Aug 2020
  North Korea is jump-starting the illegal export of coal after shutting down almost all shipments during the first few months of the year while it sought to block the spread of the coronavirus, according ... Read More.

• Govt restricts entry of Chinese firms in commercial coal mine auctions

  04 Aug 2020
  The government has restricted participation of companies from countries sharing a land border with India in the ongoing auction of coal mines for commercial extraction by the private sector.
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• Anglo American flags thermal coal exit

  04 Aug 2020
  Anglo American chief executive Mark Cutifani is mulling over the company’s exit from its South African thermal operations.
   
  This will likely be done through a demerg... Read More.

• Coal India ramps up production, checks double-digit slide in output

  04 Aug 2020
  Coal India has put the brakes on the double-digit slide in production and offtake in the first three months of the fiscal. The public sector miner has produced 37.36 million tonnes (mt) in July, down 3 p... Read More.

• Xuzhou 3 Shows the Future of Subcritical Coal Power Is Sublime

  03 Aug 2020
  In April 2017, engineers from Shanghai Shenergy Power Technology sat together contemplating how they would execute a formidable task. Owing partly to their success at boosting the annual average net effi... Read More.

• Global coal power capacity falls for first time even as China builds more plants

  03 Aug 2020
  Global coal-fired power capacity edged down for the first time on record in the first half of 2020 as retirements accelerated and the coronavirus saw new projects put on hold.
   
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• India Steps On Gas As Coal Use For Power Generation Slows

  03 Aug 2020
  Indian power plants used the most gas in at least 3-1/2 years in the June quarter, as operators along the west coast snapped up cheap liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports that have become competitive agai... Read More.

• China’s Haoji rail delivers 10 mln tonnes of coal in H1

  03 Aug 2020
  The 1,800 km Haoji Railway, one of the newest railways China has commissioned for coal transportation and which connects the country’s North and South regions, delivered about 9.8 million tonnes of... Read More.

• Expansion of Alberta coal mine will need federal review: environment minister

  31 Jul 2020
  The federal environment minister is backtracking on a previous decision to keep Ottawa out of the approval process for a major coal mine expansion in Alberta.
   
  The existin... Read More.

• GA links COVID deaths in Vasco to coal handling at MPT

  31 Jul 2020
  Goencho Avaaz (GA) has linked the rising number of COVID-19 cases and deaths to the coal handling at the MPT. 
   
  “The continued rise in the number of people gett... Read More.

• Pakistan’s coal-fired power generation sees record jump, thanks to China push

  31 Jul 2020
  As developed nations turn away from coal-fired power, Chinese funding has helped the dirtiest fossil fuel take off in Pakistan.
   
  Coal’s surge in the South Asian nati... Read More.

• China's Hengli makes bold $20 billion bet to spin coal into fabric

  30 Jul 2020
  It may sound like something from ancient alchemy, but the privately-owned Chinese company surprised industry watchers in June when it said it was getting into mining with a $20 billion project to convert... Read More.

• Regulators tap solar to replace New Mexico coal-fired plant

  30 Jul 2020
  Solar-generated electricity and battery storage facilities will be installed in northwestern New Mexico to replace a major coal-fired power plant, according to terms of a decision Wednesday from state ut... Read More.

• South Korea proposes ban on overseas coal financing

  30 Jul 2020
  South Korean lawmakers proposed a set of legislative bills on Tuesday (28 July) that would put an end to the nation’s controversial public support for coal-fired power projects beyond its borders. ... Read More.

• PRC approves renewable energy projects to replace power from San Juan coal plant

  30 Jul 2020
  An array of renewable energy projects will replace lost energy from the possible closure of a Farmington-area coal plant under a plan approved Wednesday by the Public Regulation Commission.
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• Polish hard coal miner PGG to hold back restructuring plan

  29 Jul 2020
  Poland’s Ministry of State Assets on July 28 decided not to present a restructuring plan for the country’s largest hard coal miner, PGG, because union leaders had already declared it was unac... Read More.