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• Coal deliveries to power plants reach six-month low in Oct: US EIA

  28 Dec 2021

  Coal deliveries to US power plants fell to a six-month low in October, dipping to 38.17 million st, according to Energy Information Administration data from Dec. 27. . ...Read More

• Mineral Production Increased 20.4% this year; coal production stood 639 lakh

  28 Dec 2021

  As per the provisional figures of Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), the index of mineral production of mining and quarrying sector for the month of October 2021 (Base: 2011-12=100) at 109.7, was 20.4% higher as compared to the level during the same month last year. The cumulative growth for the period April- October, 2020-21 over the corresponding period of previous year has increased 11.4 per cent. . ...Read More

• Korea's oldest coal-fired plant to shut down

  28 Dec 2021

  South Korea's oldest coal-powered plant will be shut down for good this week, the energy ministry said Tuesday, in line with the government's plan to shift toward renewable energy and to reduce fine dust. . ...Read More

• AP7 Adds to Blacklist, Targets Chinese Coal Companies

  27 Dec 2021

  On December 8, 2021, the Swedish buffer fund AP7 updated its blacklist and added a total of seven new companies including five Chinese coal-fired power companies. The blacklist is updated twice per annum. The five Chinese companies blacklisted by AP6 due to the 2015 Climate Paris agreement are China Power International Development Ltd., China Shenhua Energy Company Ltd, Huadian Power International Corporation Limited, Shanxi Lu’an Environmental Energy Development Co Ltd, and TBEA Co Ltd. . ...Read More

• Coal shortage hits domestic brick and cement factories

  27 Dec 2021

  Brick and cement prices are expected to rise amid a hike in coal prices and supply constraints, domestic manufacturers said. Coal is used as the primary fuel source in brick and cement manufacturing. . ...Read More

• India’s Adani Group to start exports from Australia’s Carmichael coal mine

  27 Dec 2021

  Journalists in 50+ countries follow the constant flow of money made and lost in oil & gas . ...Read More

• Coal ministry readies host of reforms for the next five years

  27 Dec 2021

  After opening up the coal mining sector to the private sector and taking steps to boost domestic coal production, the Ministry of Coal is now readying marketing, quality, and environment reforms in the sector. The ministry is drafting a new set of key performance indicators for the next five years. . ...Read More

• Hong Kong develops first anti-COVID-19 stainless steel

  23 Dec 2021

  A team of researchers at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Hong Kong (HKU), in collaboration with the Centre for Immunity and Infection of the LKS Faculty of Medicine of HKU, has made significant breakthroughs in producing the first anti-COVID-19 stainless steel that kills the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) on its surface. . ...Read More

• Qld to scrutinise Palmer power station bid

  23 Dec 2021

  Queensland Planning Minister Steven Miles will scrutinise an application for a controversial coal-fired power station proposed by Clive Palmer's Waratah Coal. . ...Read More

• Clean energy is cheaper in more countries than gas and coal

  23 Dec 2021

  In countries that account for 51% of electricity generation, 48% of the world’s population and 44% of global GDP, it is now cheaper to build new solar or onshore wind capacity than to run power plants Existing coal and gas-fired power plants, based on BloombergNEF’s Second Half 2021 Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE) update, which assesses the cost competitiveness of different energy generation and storage technologies globally. . ...Read More

• Major coal-producing countries push for sales to China

  23 Dec 2021

  China has been ramping up the production and transportation of coal, along with oil and gas as well as renewables, to cope with the winter peak season for electricity. China State Railway Group Co transported 118 million tons of thermal coal from November 1 to 26, up 34.6 percent year-on-year. Photo: VCG . ...Read More

• New Mexico utility appeals decision on coal power plant

  23 Dec 2021

  New Mexico’s largest electric provider is appealing a recent decision by state regulators to reject a proposal to transfer its shares in a coal-fired power plant to a Navajo energy company. . ...Read More

• Limited investments, climate pledge to keep Australian thermal coal prices high

  22 Dec 2021

  Australian thermal coal prices may remain relatively high until 2022-23, hit by a lack of investments on the back of recent climate commitments by several countries at the UN Climate Change Conference, a report by Australia’s Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources released Dec. 20 showed. . ...Read More

• Coal units in 10 states asked to install anti-emission gear

  22 Dec 2021

  The government has asked 79 coal-based power plants totalling 20,500-MW near million plus cities in 10 states including Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and UP to install equipment to curb emission of poisonous sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide gases, by this month end, while 517 others have been given timeline relaxations. . ...Read More

• Coal-to-liquid plant in China’s Ningxia reaches full capacity

  22 Dec 2021

  A project converting coal into oil in northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region had produced 4.05 million tonnes of products this year as of 9:17 a.m. Sunday, according to the developer on Tuesday. . ...Read More