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• Mongolia’s coal export drops over 40 pct in 2021

  06 Jan 2022

  Mongolia exported 15.9 million tons of coal in 2021, down 44.3 percent from the previous year, the country’s Ministry of Mining and Heavy Industry reported on Wednesday. . ...Read More

• China’s major coal-producing region sees rising output in 2021

  06 Jan 2022

  Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in north China is estimated to have produced more than 1.05 billion tonnes of coal in 2021, a rise from 1.006 billion tonnes in 2020, said the regional energy bureau. . ...Read More

• Coal-dependent Indonesia starts tapping huge solar power potential

  06 Jan 2022

  Aji Tri Atmojo lives in a traditional Javanese house with wooden walls on the outskirts of the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, . ...Read More

• India aims to move up steel value chain under specialty steel scheme

  05 Jan 2022

  India is trying to save some export bucks in the new year where specialty steel is concerned. In 2022, India plans to focus on increasing per capita steel consumption enhancing steel raw material security. . ...Read More

• “Extraordinary progress” – Beijing meets air pollution goals after coal crackdown

  05 Jan 2022

  Nine years after toxic smog in China’s capital sparked widespread protest, climate advocates are hailing “extraordinary progress” in Beijing’s fight against air pollution. . ...Read More

• TransAlta achieves full phase-out of coal in Canada

  05 Jan 2022

  (TSX: TA; NYSE: TAC) achieved full phase-out from coal-fired electricity generation in Canada when it finished the last of three planned coal-to-gas conversions at its Keephills Unit 3 (KH3) power generation plant near Wabamun, Alta., late last month. . ...Read More

• Coal India CMD gets additional charge of finance portfolio

  05 Jan 2022

  Coal India CMD Pramod Agrawal has been given additional charge of director (finance), the company informed the bourses. . ...Read More

• Indonesia to review coal export ban that has driven up global prices

  05 Jan 2022

  Indonesian coal miners are due to hold talks with government officials on Wednesday on a ban on the country's coal exports that has unnerved global markets for the fuel and triggered energy security concerns in some major economies. . ...Read More

• China’s coal supply faces limited impact from Indonesian export ban

  04 Jan 2022

  China's coal supply will see a limited impact following the one-month export ban by Indonesia - China's largest import source of thermal coal, experts said, citing the small volume of imports compared with domestic output and the country's already expanded and stable coal production now. . ...Read More

• China coal futures surge on supply worries amid Indonesia export ban

  04 Jan 2022

  China's thermal coal futures surged by as much as 7.8per cent to kick off 2022 on concerns of supply disruptions after Indonesia, its biggest overseas supplier, banned exports. . ...Read More

• Coal Prices Forecast to Surge Again if Indonesia Halts Exports

  04 Jan 2022

  Any move by top thermal coal exporter Indonesia to temporarily halt shipments could send global benchmark prices surging again after the fuel notched a record in October. . ...Read More

• Rajasthan to mine lignite for enhanced power generation

  03 Jan 2022

  The Congress government in Rajasthan is preparing an ambitious road map in the New Year for mining of lignite in Bikaner district’s Gudha West and the installation of a new lignite-based thermal power plant in its vicinity. The joint action plan is expected to significantly enhance the State’s power generation capacity. . ...Read More

• Germany Pulls Plug On Nuclear And Coal Power Plants

  03 Jan 2022

  Germany now has just three operational nuclear power stations left – and at the end of this year there will be none. . ...Read More

• Shares of Indonesia coal miners drop as export ban rattles sector

  03 Jan 2022

  Shares of Indonesia's leading coal miners fell on Monday after the government banned exports of coal for January due to concerns about low supplies triggering power cuts in the world's biggest exporter of thermal coal. . ...Read More

• Coal India reports 3.3% rise in December 2021 coal production to 60.2 MT; Stock jumps over 2.5%

  03 Jan 2022

  Coal India Limited (CIL) reported a 3.3% rise in coal production to 60.2 million tonnes (MT) in December. The state-owned company had produced 58.3 MT of coal in the corresponding month of the previous fiscal, it said in a filing for exchanges on Saturday. . ...Read More