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• Draft electricity policy: Power sector should create long-term coal requirement plan

  09 Sep 2022

  The Central Electricity Authority has sought the comments of licensees, generating companies and the public to the first volume of the draft plan . ...Read More

• India Keen To Boost Cooperation With Russia In Energy, Coking Coal Areas: PM

  08 Sep 2022

  India is keen to boost cooperation with Russia, particularly in the areas of energy and coking coal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday. . ...Read More

• Ukraine's government bans coal exportsUkraine's government bans coal exports

  08 Sep 2022

  The Cabinet of Ministers has completely banned Ukrainian coal exports. . ...Read More

• Store Norske Gruve 7 coal mine on Svalbard gets reprieve till 2025 to supply Clariant

  08 Sep 2022

  The board of Store Norske has decided to postpone the closure of Gruve 7 (Mine 7), which is Norway’s last coal mine on Svalbard. Originally, . ...Read More

• As Russia cuts gas supply, Germany increases coal power generation

  08 Sep 2022

  Almost one third of Germany's electricity came from coal-fired power plants in the first half (H1) 2022, up 17.2 per cent year-on-year . ...Read More

• State's Upper Hunter region's coal mine expansion has received planning commission approval

  07 Sep 2022

  https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/english.newstracklive.com/ampnews/states-upper-hunter-regions-coal-mine-expansion-has-received-planning-commission-approval-sc57-nu355-ta355-1248452-1.html . ...Read More

• Egypt’s MEC seeks renewal of coking coal production license

  07 Sep 2022

  Image used for illustrative purpose. Coal is unloaded onto large piles at the Ulan Coal mines near the central New South Wales rural town of Mudgee in Australia, March 8, 2018. Reuters Images/David Gray . ...Read More

• Germany to keep two nuclear plants available as a backup and burn coal as it faces an energy crisis brought on by war and climate change

  07 Sep 2022

  • The German government announced its plans to keep the Isar 2 and Neckarwestheim nuclear power plants, both of which are located in the southern part of the country, on a kind of backup status, available only if the country has no other option. . ...Read More

• Coal-based power plants again get extension to install emissions control equipment

  07 Sep 2022

  NEW DELHI: After extending deadlines twice for coal-based power stations to implement emission standards notified in 2015, the environment ministry has once again extended the timeline for installing pollution control technologies. . ...Read More

• China's LNG imports from Russia hit 22-month high in August: sources

  06 Sep 2022

  China's LNG imports from Russia reached a 22-month high of about 611,000 mt in August, shipping data from S&P Global Commodity Insights showed, due to China's continued reliance on Russian cargoes despite Western sanctions following Ukraine's invasion. . ...Read More

• Kabul Eyes China, India For Coal Exports, Expanding Global Market

  06 Sep 2022

  Kabul, Afghanistan – The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum on Sunday said Afghanistan is looking for new markets to expands distribution of its coal, as India and China show interest in the product. . ...Read More

• India's core sector growth dips to 4.5 per cent in July

  06 Sep 2022

  The Index of Core Industries measures combined and individual performance of production in selected eight core industries viz. coal, crude oil, . ...Read More

• Singapore’s Sembcorp Industries to sell India coal-fired power units to Oman’s Tanweer Infrastructure

  06 Sep 2022

  Sembcorp Industries has entered into an agreement to sell 100% of its holding in Sembcorp Energy India Limited (SEIL) to Tanweer Infrastructure Pte Ltd for Rs 117 billion, the Singapore based-utility group said on September 5. . ...Read More

• Hawaii Closes Its Last Coal-Fired Power Plant

  05 Sep 2022

  A state law bans the use of coal for energy production beginning next year. . ...Read More

• Norway’s last coal mine extends life to feed European industry

  05 Sep 2022

  The last Norwegian coal mine on the Svalbard archipelago will produce coal for another two years to help bolster industrial production in Europe. . ...Read More