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• Almost 50% coal blocks allotted to power PSUs face delay in prodn: Report

  19 Sep 2022

  Seven out of the total 16 coal blocks issued to state-owned power sector entities or PSUs like National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), . ...Read More

• Almost 50% coal blocks allotted to power PSUs face delay in prodn: Report

  19 Sep 2022

  Seven out of the total 16 coal blocks issued to state-owned power sector entities or PSUs like National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), . ...Read More

• China's Yankuang Energy ends buyout talks with Yancoal Australia

  09 Sep 2022

  Adds offer background, Yancoal statement . ...Read More

• Global Coal-Fired Power Generation Falls as Prices Soar and China Slows

  09 Sep 2022

  SINGAPORE—Global coal-fired power generation fell by 1.2% during the first half of 2022 from a year earlier, according to an analysis of energy consumption data, as a sharp economic slowdown in China and a surge in global coal prices after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine crimped demand. . ...Read More

• 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