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• Anglo American reports lower production of copper, nickel, PGM, iron ore, coal and manganese ore in Q1 2022

  22 Apr 2022

  Anglo American announced today that its copper production decreased by 13% year-over-year to 140 ktonnes in Q1 2022 primarily due to planned lower grades. . ...Read More

• Solar energy companies under pressure as coal and nuclear get a boost

  22 Apr 2022

  The National Energy Administration yesterday announced that as of the end of March, China’s total installed power generation capacity was about 2.40 billion kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 7.8%. . ...Read More

• Current global coal prices high and unsustainable, coal lobby chief says

  22 Apr 2022

  Current global coal prices are high and unsustainable, Michelle Manook, chief executive of the World Coal Association (WCA), told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday. . ...Read More

• Poland: Several dead in coal mine explosions

  21 Apr 2022

  A rescue operation is underway to find miners trapped in a Polish coal mine following two gas explosions overnight. At least five people were killed, while several others are still unaccounted for. . ...Read More

• China to Add 300 Million Tons of Coal Capacity This Year

  21 Apr 2022

  Top Chinese policymakers reiterated the importance of coal for the country’s energy security and laid out a plan to add 300 million tons of coal production capacity this year. . ...Read More

• India’s Tata Steel Halts Coal Imports from Russia

  21 Apr 2022

  Tata Steel will become one of the few Indian companies to stop doing business with Moscow, announcing on Wednesday that it would cease importing Russian coal for its smelters. . ...Read More

• Coal stock not at lowest level, power demand at peak

  20 Apr 2022

  Coal stock not at lowest level, power demand at peak . ...Read More

• China Buys Cheap Russian Coking Coal as World Shuns Moscow

  20 Apr 2022

  China more than doubled imports of steel-making coal from Russia in March, procuring the fuel at a discount as other nations move to ban deliveries due to the war in Ukraine. . ...Read More

• Australia’s Whitehaven Coal output falls on labour crunch

  20 Apr 2022

  Australia’s Whitehaven Coal Ltd reported a 5% drop in third-quarter production on Wednesday as adverse weather and a labour shortage worsened by COVID-19 dented output. . ...Read More

• Tough to find alternatives for Russian thermal coal, says Japan utilities group head

  19 Apr 2022

  Alternatives for Russian thermal coal are difficult to find as the market is getting tighter, the head of a group representing Japanese utilities said. . ...Read More

• Vietnam to raise annual coal imports to 46.5 million tonnes by 2025 – ministry

  19 Apr 2022

  Vietnam plans to raise its annual coal imports to 46.5 million tonnes by 2025 and to 123.7 million tonnes by 2045 from 36 million tonnes last year, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said. . ...Read More

• India stares at outages as coal stocks at power plants hit a low

  19 Apr 2022

  Local coal-based plants have supplies for just over eight days 18As the country’s peak power demand nears last year’s all-time high of 200 gigawatts (GW), the coal stocks position at power plants has become worrisome, While domestic coal-based (DCB) plants have supplies for just over 8 days, imported coal-based (ICB) units have stocks for nine-and-a-half days. . ...Read More

• China’s Coal and Gas Boom May Help Ease The Global Energy Crisis

  19 Apr 2022

  Record coal and natural gas extraction and consumption-sapping Covid lockdowns are slashing China’s import demand and helping loosen global fuel markets. . ...Read More

• Private sector can lease 3,200 hectares of de-coaled land

  18 Apr 2022

  The move will help Coal India in reducing its cost of operations, says the govt Private sector will now be eligible to take mined out or de-coaled land on lease from Coal India to develop coal and energy-related infrastructure. Over 3,200 hectares of such lands are available as on date. . ...Read More

• Riverbed coal mining on Simsang river fuels life in Bangladesh

  18 Apr 2022

  Every now and then illegal rat-hole coal mining in Meghalaya pops up in different forums from academics to judiciary. But standing in the shallow waters of Simsang river spanning across the Indo-Bangla border, hundreds of poor people mine coal also illegally from beneath the water mainly in the summer season. Simsang flows through the heart of the Garo Hills, dividing the area into two parts and changes its name to Someshwari as it transcends the borders and gushes down into Bangladesh. . ...Read More