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COVID-19 adds to US coal malaise
02 Jun 2020"Coal consumption will be crushed in 2020 with the industry taking much of the hit from the drop in electricity demand following outbreaks of coronavirus," lead coal analyst Benjamin Nelson sai... Read More.Coal India's May sales driven sharply lower by slump in power demand
02 Jun 2020Coal India's COAL.NS sales fell 23.3% in May as utilities refrained from purchases amid record stockpiles and tepid demand because of a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus.Read More.New coal firms in Powder River Basin stay on track with tax payments
02 Jun 2020Despite a bumpy start, two of the newest coal firms to mine in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin are in compliance with tax payment plans established with state and county officials, keeping up with bot... Read More.China scraps 'clean coal' from list of projects eligible for green financing
02 Jun 2020People's Bank of China intends to move its green financing framework closer to global standards by excluding so-called 'clean coal', according to reportsChin... Read More.UPDATE 1-Korea Midland power bans Australian lab ALS; police assess probe
01 Jun 2020A second South Korean power provider has banned Australian testing laboratory ALS Ltd from certifying its coal tenders, as Australian state police said they were assessing whether to start a probe into f... Read More.Chinese factories humming doesn't mean everyone is buying
01 Jun 2020China's factories are starting to hum again, but executives are now worried that the rebound could falter on weak demand at home and abroad.Justin Yu, a sales manage... Read More.Renewables outpace coal in U.S. energy consumption for first time since 1885
01 Jun 2020After a 134-year reign as the leading energy source in the U.S., King Coal has been toppled from the throne, replaced by wind, solar and other renewables.In 2019, the na... Read More.China Taiyuan coal transaction price index down 0.86 pct
01 Jun 2020China Taiyuan coal transaction price index stood a... Read More.
Illinois Basin coal production matches fall in demand, driving change
29 May 2020With Illinois Basin thermal coal output expected to decline by up to 30% on an annualized basin in order to better meet 2020 demand, it will require adjustments and restructuring from regional producers,... Read More.Renewables top coal in the US for the first time in more than 130 years
29 May 2020Renewable energy consumption in the U.S. topped coal consumption in 2019, the first time this has occurred in more than 130 years.The last time renewable energy wa... Read More.About 70% of coal mining enterprises shut down in Donbas over occupation
29 May 2020Since the beginning of the occupation of certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, approximately 70% of all coal mining enterprises and mines have been shut down.A l... Read More.Govt may launch coal blocks auction under commercial mining on Jun 11
29 May 2020The Centre is likely to launch the process of auctioning coal blocks for commercial mining on June 11, pickng around 50 mines for the hammer.An official on the condition... Read More.US weekly coal carloads rise 2.4% on week, slump 41.1% on year: AAR
28 May 2020For only the second time in the last eight weeks, US coal carload originations ticked higher on the week to 46,863 in the week that ended May 23, up 2.4% from the 10-year low 45,756 a week earlier, but 4... Read More.Bankruptcy judge: Coal company must pay $1 million by June 1 or face sanctions
28 May 2020A U.S. Bankruptcy judge ordered last week that a coal company must pay nearly $1.1 million by June 1 or face financial sanctions, then possibly jail time for a company officer, if the company still fails... Read More.China urges top utilities to speed up transfer of 40 coal-fired power plants -document
28 May 2020China has urged the country’s five biggest utilities to speed up the transfer of 40 coal-fired power plants in the northwest of the country, according to a document seen by Reuters and confirmed by... Read More.IEA: Coronavirus ‘accelerating closure’ of ageing fossil-fuelled power plants
28 May 2020This year will see the largest ever drop globally in both investment and consumer spending on energy as the coronavirus pandemic hits every major sector, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA... Read More.Thermal coal exports are under threat — but there’s more to the story than just China’s politics
27 May 2020“Thermal coal on China’s blacklist,” screamed one newspaper front page last week, reporting that Australian coal exporters faced tougher restrictions selling into China as state-owned p... Read More.Ninth Circuit Overturns Oakland Coal Ban
27 May 2020A Ninth Circuit panel on Tuesday upheld a federal judge’s ruling striking down the city of Oakland’s ban on coal shipments from a new terminal being built from an old army base at the foot of... Read More.Bid to expand Canterbury coal mine meets stiff opposition
27 May 2020Hundreds of people are opposing a plan to expand a Canterbury coal mine.Bathurst Coal Ltd has applied to expand its opencast mine, known as Canterbury Coal Mine, at Bush Gully Rd, near Colg... Read More.US coal-fired power generation totals 50.6 TWh in March, lowest level in nine years: EIA
27 May 2020US coal-fired power generation totaled 50.6 TWh in March, down 9.8% from February, US Energy Information Administration data showed Tuesday.Monthly coal generation fell ... Read More.