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• 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

• India's coal-based power generation rises 27% in June: Govt data

  08 Jul 2022

  The overall power generation in June 2022 has been 17.73% higher than the power generated in June 2021 . ...Read More

• As power shortage looms large, govt plans to open 12 new mines this year

  08 Jul 2022

  https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/www.newindianexpress.com/business/2022/jul/08/as-power-shortage-looms-large-govt-plans-to-open-12-new-mines-this-year-2474218.amp . ...Read More

• Indonesian Co, Bara Daya Energi lowest bidder in CIL coal import tender

  08 Jul 2022

  Bara Daya Energi India has emerged as the frontrunner to bag the largest coal import tender by Coal India Ltd . ...Read More

• Romania to switch its coal plants to reserve as it closes them, without decommissioning

  07 Jul 2022

  The Romanian cabinet decided to extend the coal phaseout back to 2032. Faced with the energy crisis, it also gave up on the plan to dismantle some of the thermal power plants that it closes, opting instead to keep them in reserve. . ...Read More

• UK's Drax to keep coal-fired power plant online this winter if needed -minister

  07 Jul 2022

  LONDON (Reuters) - UK power generator Drax Group Plc has agreed to keep its coal-fired power plant online this winter if needed, British business minister Kwasi Kwarteng said on Wednesday. . ...Read More

• Coal dominant as Southeast Asia power demand outstrips clean energy growth

  07 Jul 2022

  Renewables like solar, wind and hydropower met only 40 per cent of new electricity demand in Southeast Asia over the past six years. Rapid policy intervention is needed to steer the region towards a net-zero pathway, says a new report. . ...Read More