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• China’s June coal imports slump as traders shun expensive overseas cargoes

  14 Jul 2022

  China’s coal imports fell 33% in June from a year ago, with traders turning down expensive overseas cargoes in favor of domestic ones with capped prices as COVID-19 restrictions and higher renewables output dented demand for coal-fired power. . ...Read More

• China holds enough coal as power loads hit new peaks - state planner

  14 Jul 2022

  China is holding sufficient thermal coal stocks thanks to months of peak domestic mining, ensuring stable supply, the state economic planner said on Thursday, two days after the national power load hit a new high amid summer heat waves . ...Read More

• China's surging hydropower a boon for its climate goals, energy bills

  13 Jul 2022

  SINGAPORE, July 12 (Reuters) - A surge in hydropower output in China this year, boosted by record-breaking rainfall, is helping the world's biggest polluter meet green targets as well as cut liquefied natural gas imports (LNG) amid tight global supplies. . ...Read More

• Thiess Rehabilitation secures first contract

  13 Jul 2022

  Following its launch in March 2022, Thiess Rehabilitation has been awarded its first contract, a 3.5 year partnership with Idemitsu Australia’s Ensham Resources to deliver mine rehabilitation solutions that create areas for native bushland corridors and cattle grazing across more than 700 ha. of land. . ...Read More

• Limited increase in coal power in Europe: Experts

  13 Jul 2022

  London, July 13 (IANS) Plans in Europe to place a small number of coal plants on temporary standby would add 1.3 per cent to EU emissions annually, even in the worst-case scenario where they run at the highest levels, energy think tank Ember said on Wednesday. . ...Read More

• Germany to stop buying Russian coal on Aug 1, oil on Dec 31

  13 Jul 2022

  The key challenge ahead will be filling the huge gap that will be left when the European Union weans itself off the 158 billion cubic metres (bcm) per year of gas that Russia supplies, Kukies said. . ...Read More

• Limited coal from Australia adds to panamax pressure

  12 Jul 2022

  Sub-capesize segments are going through a period of weakening, although still at profitable levels . ...Read More

• Chinese energy company threatens to discontinue import of Afghan coal

  12 Jul 2022

  ISLAMABAD: Chinese company M/s Huaneng Shandong Ruyi (Pakistan) (HSR) Energy (Private) Limited has threatened to discontinue . ...Read More

• Germany, France and Italy Respond to Gas Crisis: More Coal, More Oil, New Suppliers

  12 Jul 2022

  Russia’s threats to cut off gas supply to the EU has led countries to seek out unforeseen measures that could jeopardise their climate promises . ...Read More

• India's coal imports hit record high in June

  12 Jul 2022

  NEW DELHI, July 11 (Reuters) - India's coal imports hit a record high in June despite high global prices, data from three trade sources and Refinitiv ship tracking showed, as economic activity picked up and amid a domestic shortage of the fuel. . ...Read More

• King Coal Lives On

  11 Jul 2022

  Since the dawn of the industrial revolution, “King” Coal has been powering economic expansion around the world. By 2021 in a world reportedly choking on fossil fuel emissions in the atmosphere, the United Nations sponsored a conference on climate change in Glasgow Scotland. . ...Read More

• China's Wang hopes for change from Aust

  11 Jul 2022

  Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says previous Australian governments' treatment of China as an opponent and a threat is the cause of tension between the countries. . ...Read More

• Chinese energy firms 'threaten' to block Afghan coal import

  11 Jul 2022

  Islamabad [Pakistan], July 11 (ANI): As a steady decline of foreign currency reserves in Pakistan continues, Chinese energy firms in Pakistan have threatened to discontinue the import of Afghan coal in Pakistan if National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) does not approve of decrease in prices within a week to ensure cheap and continuous electricity in the South-Asian country. . ...Read More

• Bundestag approves provisional coal-fired power generation as gas substitute

  11 Jul 2022

  Because of the gas crisis, the German parliament has cleared the way for more coal-fired power plants to be used to generate electricity. . ...Read More

• China's top coal province develops green mining to alleviate economic, environment cost

  08 Jul 2022

  Gangue is a worthless waste generated from coal mining. It looks similar to coal and takes up around 20% of the total coal output. In the past, coal gangue was often piled on the ground. It took up land and contaminated the environment in different ways. But now, the waste is processed into paste and placed back in the mined underground areas to sustain geological layers. That's what's happening in Lu'an Chemical Group's Gaohe coal mine in Changzhi City, north China's Shanxi Province. . ...Read More