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Fires and climate fears rattle Australia's giant coal lobby
21 Feb 2020As bushfires and floods fuel public concerns in Australia about global warming, the country’s powerful mining lobby is facing increasing pressure from investors to drop support for new coal mines, ... Read More.‘India bigger problem than China on cutting carbon emissions’: Bloomberg
21 Feb 2020India poses a "bigger problem" than China when it comes to fighting climate change, particularly on reducing carbon emissions, Democratic presidential aspirant and former New York mayor Michael B... Read More.
Poland's biggest coal producer approves 6 per cent pay rise to appease miners
21 Feb 2020Management at Poland's biggest coal producer, the state-run PGG, agreed to increase its miners' salaries by 6 per cent after the company's trade unions threatened to stage a protest in Warsaw n... Read More.
Polluting coal and wood burnt in home stoves and fires to be phased out from 2021
21 Feb 2020SALES of the most polluting fuels burnt in stoves and open fires will be phased out from next year, the Government says. Plans to stop house coal and wet wood have been confirmed to tackle pollutants kno... Read More.Soft coal prices tank Whitehaven profits
20 Feb 2020Coal miner Whitehaven Coal has reported a 30% drop in revenue for the interim period ending December, as coal prices tumbled. The ASX-listed miner on Thursday reported that revenue for the six months und... Read More.Coal-fired power is losing 'unfair fight' to renewables
20 Feb 2020Coal-fired power in India is being increasingly priced out of the market by cheaper renewables such as solar, with the dirtier fuel abandoned by private capital, and only projects with government support... Read More.Bloomberg Brags About Coal Plant Closures, Likely Put Thousands Out of Work
20 Feb 2020Democratic presidential contender Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday evening bragged about his philanthropic targeting of American coal-fired plants, closures which likely led to thousands of lost jobs. Aske... Read More.INSIGHT-Fires and climate fears rattle Australia's giant coal lobby
20 Feb 2020As bushfires and floods fuel public concerns in Australia about global warming, the country’s powerful mining lobby is facing increasing pressure from investors to drop support for new coal mines, ... Read More.India To Stop Import Of Thermal Coal From FY24
19 Feb 2020India will stop importing thermal coal from Financial Year 2023-24, said Union Minister of Coal and Mines Pralhad Joshi. The Minister also said that various ways and means were discussed with key stakeho... Read More.Bylong steps up fight against coal mine after IPC bails
19 Feb 2020The Bylong Valley Protection Alliance (BVPA) has applied to join the case to defend last year’s Independent Planning Commission’s (IPC) decision to reject South Korean utility giant Korea Ele... Read More.Grants seek to revitalize Utah’s coal country
19 Feb 2020Two central Utah communities are getting a financial boost in an effort to strengthen local economic development.The Utah Coal Country Strike Team recently awarded two $75,000 grants to the cities of Pri... Read More.Government may ease commercial coal auction rules
19 Feb 2020The government is considering easing rules governing commercial coal auctions, including faster exit and simultaneous issue of prospecting and mining licences, to make them more attractive for bidders an... Read More.Coal's Losing Steam as Supply Restarts, Virus Stifles Demand
18 Feb 2020Coal prices in China are back on the slide as local miners resume production, easing concern about tight supply and suggesting demand is a bigger wild card as the world’s top market tries to contai... Read More.BHP coal takes a hit with lower coal prices
18 Feb 2020Average prices for hard coking coal, weak coking coal, and thermal coal all declined by more than 20% leading to a US$904 million hit to the bottom line for the half year to December 2019.BHP's Queen... Read More.Coal Mines Find Fewer Friends in Australia After Wildfire Crisis
18 Feb 2020Australians’ growing concern about the impact of climate change after a summer blighted by a wildfire crisis has been revealed in a survey that shows a plunge in support for new coal mines. Asked &... Read More.Mining giants look to offload coal assets
18 Feb 2020Glencore, which has pledged to provide details of its projections for reducing emissions, is expected to report US$11.2 billion of annual profits today (Tuesday), which would be nearly a third lower than... Read More.Using Australian coal in Port Talbot ‘needs to stop’
17 Feb 2020Environmental campaigners have said it is “complete lunacy” that coal imported from Australia is being used by Tata’s Port Talbot steelworks. The site burns hundreds of thousands of ton... Read More.West Virginia Senate passes solar bill with nods to coal
17 Feb 2020The West Virginia Senate has passed a bill encouraging power companies to use solar energy in a bid to lure businesses to the state. But they’re making it clear that they don’t want the coal ... Read More.Chinese-run projects in Bangladesh to continue
17 Feb 2020Bangladeshi and Chinese officials announced on Sunday that the novel coronavirus outbreak would not disrupt Chinese-run infrastructure projects in the Southeast Asian country. In a joint press briefing w... Read More.Coal India’s daily output set to rise to 3 MT next month
17 Feb 2020Coal India’s daily output is expected to rise to three million tonnes (MT) next month, enough to run a 660-MW power plant for a year as the state-run miner focuses on expansion of projects and incr... Read More.