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• Chinese Power Giant Swings Billions Into the Red on Surging Coal Prices

  24 Mar 2022

  Chinese state-owned coal power giant Huaneng Power International Inc. (600011.SH) sank billions of yuan into the red in 2021, . ...Read More

• New Jersey’s Last Coal Plants to Close as State Goes Green

  24 Mar 2022

  New Jersey’s last two remaining coal-fired power plants are set to shut down, a key step in the state’s goal to get all of its electricity from carbon-free sources by 2050. . ...Read More

• Europe Divided Over New Oil And Coal Sanctions

  23 Mar 2022

  Oil and gas producers in the Middle East are back in vogue as the prospect of a major Russian supply disruption puts the oil market on edge. . ...Read More

• China to push low-carbon transition in orderly manner, use coal to guarantee energy supply: official

  23 Mar 2022

  China should see to it that coal plays the role of guaranteeing the county’s energy and electricity supplies, a senior Chinese government official said on Tuesday, sending a signal that the nation will secure energy supplies in the process of achieving the carbon emissions targets. . ...Read More

• Huaneng Power Swung to Loss in 2021 on Higher Coal Costs

  23 Mar 2022

  Huaneng Power International Inc. swung to a loss in 2021, thanks to significantly higher coal costs. . ...Read More

• U.S. company devises method to use coal waste to power crypto

  22 Mar 2022

  U.S. company devises method to use coal waste to power crypto . ...Read More

• Australian miner New Hope reports interim profit on surging coal prices

  22 Mar 2022

  Australian coal miner New Hope Corp NHC.AX on Tuesday posted a half-year profit as prices of thermal coal rose in key markets, following a recovery in global demand for the commodity after a pandemic-induced slump. . ...Read More

• Coal Prices In India Soar As Buyers Race To Procure Fuel

  22 Mar 2022

  Coal prices in India have jumped in local auctions after buyers race to procure local fuel amid the market panic that started with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. . ...Read More

• US coal producers cannot ramp up to feed Russia’s European customers

  21 Mar 2022

  The global coal market cannot scale up to supply Russia’s European customers, top coal producers said recently, which is reflected in coal prices and may hasten coal-fired generation retirements, especially in light of federal plans that would discourage coal burning. . ...Read More

• Europe’s Path to Renewable Energy May be Bridged by Nuclear Power and Coal

  21 Mar 2022

  Clean energy is now more than a way to build a sustainable future. It has become a political act. With Russia’s grip tightening on Europe’s oil and gas supplies, . ...Read More

• China Reignites Mothballed Coal-Fired Power Plants – Caixin

  21 Mar 2022

  Two mothballed coal-fired power plants in China’s northwest will start pumping out electricity again, in the latest sign that policymakers still see the polluting fossil fuel as key to their energy security, Caixin reported. . ...Read More

• Rising coal prices due to Ukraine war don’t portend well for India

  17 Mar 2022

  The impact of Russia’s Ukraine war on the energy sector, particularly oil and gas, as well as commodities, has been too dramatic to be missed by anyone, including consumers in the remotest part of the world. But what is causing new concern is how the war is pushing coal prices to unprecedented highs. . ...Read More

• Balkan states say supply security more pressing than ditching coal

  17 Mar 2022

  Balkan states say supply security more pressing than ditching coal . ...Read More

• Chinese thermal coal demand tapers off as COVID-19 lockdowns hit again: sources

  17 Mar 2022

  Chinese thermal coal demand is expected to be bearish in the near term, as the country imposed movement restrictions in various regions amid rising COVID-19 cases, a development which is likely to soften Asian coal prices, market sources told S&P Global Commodity Insights March 16. . ...Read More

• Global Coal Production Up 4%

  17 Mar 2022

  Global coal production increased about 4% in 2021, to about 8 billion metric tons, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA) and estimates by Arch Resources. . ...Read More