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• 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

• China builds up world’s largest ultra-low emission thermal power plant cluster

  24 Aug 2022

  China has built up the largest ultra-low emission thermal power plant cluster globally thanks to the efforts and investments made in environmental technologies and policies, with related technologies leading the way globally, the country's environment authority said on Tuesday. . ...Read More

• Groups say Duke Energy carbon plan limits their climate efforts

  24 Aug 2022

  Coal at the Marshall Steam Station on Lake Norman is seen in 2016. Regulators are reviewing Duke Energy's plan for closing coal-fired plants and shifting to cleaner energy. . ...Read More

• Ban on coal from Russia has Poland scrambling

  24 Aug 2022

  A government ban on coal trade with Russia has left Poland scrambling to find new sources, with concerns mounting that there will be a winter heating crisis. . ...Read More

• South 32's Appin coal mine workers to begin industrial action - union

  24 Aug 2022

  Aug 24 (Reuters) - Workers at South 32 Ltd's S32.AX Appin coal mine will begin industrial action for a week starting Wednesday to negotiate higher pay, Australia's Mining & Energy Union said. . ...Read More

• South32 walks away from Illawarra coal extension

  23 Aug 2022

  The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) is commenting on South32’s announcement to the market that it will not proceed with the Dendrobium metallurgical coal mine in the Illawarra. . ...Read More

• Sichuan power crunch sparks calls for rethink of coal in China's energy mix

  23 Aug 2022

  As much of China continues to bake under the worst heat wave in at least 60 years, a drought is drying up reservoirs and crippling hydropower stations in southwestern Sichuan province, the largest producer of the renewable energy, causing a power crunch and sparking calls for a rethink of the black sheep in the nation's energy mix: coal. . ...Read More

• Germany's Uniper to restart coal-fired power plant as Gazprom halts supply to Europe

  23 Aug 2022

  German utility Uniper SE on Monday said it will start producing electricity for the market at its Heyden 4 hard-coal-fired power plant as a three-day halt in Russia's gas supplies to Europe may cause disruptions to power supply. . ...Read More