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• EU commits to fully phase out dependency on Russian fossil fuels before 2030

  09 Mar 2022

  The European Union is seeking to fully phase out its dependency on Russian energy “well before 2030” to ensure the 27-nation bloc no longer faces difficult decisions about hurting their own economies in geopolitical crises like the invasion of Ukraine. . ...Read More

• CERAWEEK Colombia in talks with coal producers for exporting extra supplies -minister

  09 Mar 2022

  CERAWEEK Colombia in talks with coal producers for exporting extra supplies -minister . ...Read More

• Europe Will Need to Rely on Coal Says Freeport LNG CEO

  09 Mar 2022

  Europe Will Need to Rely on Coal Says Freeport LNG CEO . ...Read More

• Coal Price To Stay High on China, India Demand, Says Trafigura

  09 Mar 2022

  Global commodities trading firm Trafigura expects thermal coal prices to remain high in the near-term due to an estimated supply shortage of 3-5% in 2022, a senior executive said on Tuesday. . ...Read More

• Coal India surpasses 608 MTs of coal offtake as on 04 Mar

  08 Mar 2022

  Coal India announced that it has hit another record high coal supplies at 608.15 million tonnes (MTs) as on 04 March 2022. The company has moved past the previous highest coal off-take of 608.14 MTs achieved in FY’19 nearly four weeks before the current fiscal draws to a close. . ...Read More

• China’s Jan-Feb coal imports slide 14% on supply disruption

  08 Mar 2022

  China’s coal imports in the first two months of 2022 dropped 14% from a year earlier after Indonesia, its biggest overseas supplier of the fuel, banned exports for a period in January, delaying shipments of dozens of cargoes. . ...Read More

• EU to phase out Russian gas, oil, coal imports - leaders' draft

  08 Mar 2022

  EU to phase out Russian gas, oil, coal imports - leaders' draft . ...Read More

• U.S. Coal Prices Soar as War Drives Global Commodities Rally

  08 Mar 2022

  Concerns of a looming global shortage of coal are driving up prices in every U.S. region that has access to export markets. . ...Read More

• US coal export prices hit all-time highs

  07 Mar 2022

  Global energy prices rose sharply this week amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, a trend that hit US thermal coal export prices March 3. . ...Read More

• China to boost coal output, reserves to ensure power supply - NDRC

  07 Mar 2022

  China to boost coal output, reserves to ensure power supply - NDRC . ...Read More

• War blasts Singareni explosives supply lines, hits coal output

  07 Mar 2022

  The Russia-Ukraine war has impacted coal output in Singareni mines with 10% production already hit, thanks to problems arising out of import of explosives from these countries in conflict, said top Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) officials. . ...Read More

• 14 killed in coal mine accident in China

  07 Mar 2022

  Fourteen people trapped in a coal mine that collapsed in southwest China’s Guizhou province last month have died, local officials said on Sunday. . ...Read More

• China urges coal miners and utilities to fulfil term contracts

  04 Mar 2022

  China’s state planner urged coal miners and power plants to fulfil at least 80% of the signed medium- and long-term coal contracts each month, it said in a statement. . ...Read More

• Coal company Peabody launches joint venture to develop solar in mining country

  04 Mar 2022

  Peabody Energy, a coal company that serves power and steel customers in more than 25 countries on six continents, has launched R3 Renewables LLC, a renewable energy development company that initially will focus on developing six potential sites on large tracts of land on or near previous coal mining operations in Indiana and Illinois. . ...Read More

• Poland to separate state coal assets to boost investment in lower emission energy

  04 Mar 2022

  Poland’s government has approved plans to move state-owned coal mines and power stations to a separate entity. The aim is to help the state energy firms that currently own the assets to more easily find financing for low- and zero-emission investments. . ...Read More