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• Romania sells decommissioned Mintia coal power plant

  31 Aug 2022

  Romania’s insolvent Complexul Energetic Hunedoara (CEH) has sold its Mintia coal-fired power plant to Mass Group Holding, an Iraqi company with headquarters in Jordan, for EUR 91.2 million. The buyer is required to invest in a new power generation unit that will mainly use natural gas and renewables. . ...Read More

• Increasing demand for US coal pushes workforce numbers up in Q2’22 — report

  31 Aug 2022

  North Antelope Rochelle operation in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. (Image courtesy of Peabody Energy. . ...Read More

• Coal India Says Price Hike Not Imminent Despite Higher Costs

  31 Aug 2022

  Global coal prices have traded near record highs this year as demand surged due to the relaxation of coronavirus-related restrictions, and as Russia's war on Ukraine upended traditional supply routes for power generation fuels such as natural gas . ...Read More

• India Buys Discounted Venezuelan Petcoke To Replace Coal

  30 Aug 2022

  Indian companies are importing significant volumes of petroleum coke from Venezuela for the first time, trade sources and shipping data show, as the OPEC nation boosts exports not specifically targeted by U.S. sanctions. . ...Read More

• CCL becomes Coal India’s maiden arm for MDO mode

  30 Aug 2022

  Central Coalfields Limited(CCL) signed Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with M/s JMS Mining Private Limited for the operation of Piparwar Underground Mines through the mine, developer and operator (MDO) mode at CCL Headquarters, Ranchi today. . ...Read More

• Biomass cofiring loopholes put coal on open-ended life support in Asia

  30 Aug 2022

  • Over the past 10 years, some of Asia’s coal-dependent, high-emitting nations have turned to biomass cofiring (burning coal and biomass together to make electricity) to reduce CO2 emissions on paper and reach energy targets. But biomass still generates high levels of CO2 at the smokestack and adds to dangerous global warming. . ...Read More

• Coal crunch hastens Indian metal makers’ switch to green energy

  30 Aug 2022

  GIC Pte.-backed Greenko, one of India’s largest renewable energy companies, signed an agreement earlier this month with Hindalco Industries Ltd. to provide carbon-free electricity to the aluminum producer’s Odisha smelter for 25 years, following a similar deal with ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India Ltd. . ...Read More

• China’s historic drought forces a return to coal

  26 Aug 2022

  Faced with crippling power cuts and the worst drought in modern history, China is shelving plans to reduce its reliance on coal, as cities and factories around the country struggle to keep the lights on and stay open. . ...Read More

• Column: Australian and Indonesian thermal coal tread contrasting price paths: Russell

  26 Aug 2022

  LAUNCESTON, Australia, Aug 25 (Reuters) - The spot price of benchmark Australian thermal coal is continuing to hold near record highs above $400 a tonne, but the price for Asia's other main type of the coal used to generate electricity isn't performing nearly as well. . ...Read More

• China's major coal-transport railway overhauled to ensure supply

  26 Aug 2022

  The Datong-Qinhuangdao railway, or the Daqin Line, is one of China's most important coal-transport railway lines. As the need for coal keeps rising this summer, . ...Read More

• THIS UTAH COAL PLANT COULD BE THE FIRST TO CONVERT TO HYDROGEN ENERGY

  26 Aug 2022

  Coal production in the United States peaked in 2008. Since then, we have increasingly moved away from the dirty burning energy source, . ...Read More

• S Africa coal imports to Europe jump 5-fold since invasion

  25 Aug 2022

  (Montel) Europe’s taste for South African coal has grown sharply since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine six months ago, with imported volumes up five-fold over the period, as the region shuns supply from Russia. . ...Read More

• Adani Enterprises Limited forms two subsidiaries for Coal Mining

  25 Aug 2022

  Adani Enterprises Limited has incorporated two Wholly Owned Subsidiaries on 23rd August, 2022 as per following details: . ...Read More

• German Cabinet approves: priority for coal on railways

  25 Aug 2022

  The measure for the priority of coal transport on railways in Germany has been approved by the Cabinet. This was announced by digital affairs and transport minister Volker Wissing of the neoliberal Free Democrats (FDP), after Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting. . ...Read More

• Whitehaven books record profit, expects coal prices to stay elevated

  25 Aug 2022

  The logo of Australia's biggest independent coal miner Whitehaven Coal Ltd is displayed on their office building located in the north-western New South Wales town of Gunnedah in Australia, August 15, 2017. Picture taken August 15, 2017. REUTERS/David Gray . ...Read More