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• TransAlta completes conversion from coal to natural gas power in Canada

  31 Dec 2021

  A major Canadian electricity producer is successfully off coal power in this country, nine years ahead of a government deadline. . ...Read More

• Power Minister R K Singh asks Coal Minister to act against officers who gave wrog info on coal stocks

  31 Dec 2021

  Union Power Minister R.K. Singh has asked Coal and Mines Minister Pralhad Joshi to take action against concerned officers who gave him wrong information on coal dispatches. . ...Read More

• China's 2022 met coal prices seen bearish, demand to dip on year: sources

  31 Dec 2021

  China's metallurgical coal prices are expected to remain bearish in 2022, with demand falling 2.9% below 2021 levels, industry sources said Dec. 30. . ...Read More

• Industry Body Seeks Odisha CM’s Intervention In Resolving Coal Shortage

  31 Dec 2021

  The Utkal Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ltd (UCCI) said the paucity due to curtailment of coal supplies since August was a threat to the survival of the local industry, leading to loss of lakhs of jobs. . ...Read More

• Power plants told to import 10% of their coal demand for next year

  30 Dec 2021

  The government has asked power plants to import coal in preparation for the summer and rainy seasons, Union power secretary Alok Kumar said. In an exclusive interview with Sarita C Singh, he said that though the share of coal-based generation will come down, it will still be substantial in the near future. Edited excerpts: . ...Read More

• ZR Power Holdings Limited Signs MoU with The Government of Maharashtra to invest INR 1200 Crore in the state

  30 Dec 2021

  ZR Power Holdings Limited, a leading energy producer from Hyderabad has embarked on a new journey by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Government of Maharashtra in presence of Shri Subhash Desai, Minister of Industries, Govt of Maharashtra, Dr P. Anbalagan, CEO, Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) and Baldev Singh, additional chief secretary industries. . ...Read More

• Amp Energy India commissions its Second Open Access Solar Project in Maharashtra

  30 Dec 2021

  Amp Energy India, one of India’s leading renewable energy companies has recently commissioned a 13.5 MW solar power project for Orient Cement, one of the fastest growing and leading cement manufacturers in India. . ...Read More

• Chinese manufacturing profits squeezed by commodity prices

  28 Dec 2021

  China’s industrial firms are doing much better this year than in 2020, but the improvement in profits is patchy, with miners and raw material providers benefiting from higher commodity prices at the expense of manufacturers. . ...Read More

• 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