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• Resurgent coal market hits new high as Chinese, Indian economies gather steam – ABC News

  06 Sep 2021

  Soaring demand for electricity in China and India has put a rocket under the coal market with prices for the fossil fuel hitting a record high despite efforts to de-carbonise the global economy. . ...Read More

• Coal shortage leads to jump in power prices on energy exchanges

  06 Sep 2021

  The coal shortage among thermal power plants across the country has led to a surge in spot market prices in power exchanges. Tangedco buys about 2,500 MW power from the exchanges to meet its peak demand needs. . ...Read More

• China approves $149 mln coalbed methane pipeline project in northern China

  03 Sep 2021

  China's state planner has approved a 960 million yuan ($149 million) coalbed methane pipeline ... . ...Read More

• PacifiCorp Files Resource Plan; Continues to Move Away from Coal

  03 Sep 2021

  Rocky Mountain Power today filed its 2021 Integrated Resource Plan with state utility commissions.... . ...Read More

• Coal India to offer coal to power plants on ‘as is where is’ basis

  03 Sep 2021

  Coal India on Thursday said that it has started offering coal to thermal power plants on an &lsquo... . ...Read More

• Otter Tail Power to Sell Stake in North Dakota Coal Plant

  03 Sep 2021

  A utility company in western Minnesota plans to end its investment in a coal-fired plant it operat... . ...Read More

• Dalian coking coal, coal futures hit record highs on supply woes

  02 Sep 2021

  Chinese coking coal futures soared 8% to hit their daily upper limit and an all-time high on Thurs... . ...Read More

• Coal India production rises 15% to 43 million tonnes

  02 Sep 2021

  State-owned Coal India Limited (CIL) produced 42.6 million tonnes of coal in August, registering a... . ...Read More

• Pennsylvania's CONSOL coal mine area evacuated due to methane accumulation

  02 Sep 2021

  Miners were evacuated Aug. 26 at CONSOL Energy's Enlow Fork mine in Enon, Pennsylvania, due to... . ...Read More

• India asks utilities to import coal amid short supply as demand spikes

  02 Sep 2021

  India has urged utilities to import coal despite having the world's fourth-largest reserves, w... . ...Read More

• Coal India ramps up supplies to address shortage at utilities

  01 Sep 2021

  State-run Coal India Ltd has ramped up supply of coal over the last five days to address a coal sh... . ...Read More

• Colombian fund buys CNR, eyes 2mn t coal output by 2022

  01 Sep 2021

  Colombian coal mining firm Colombian Natural Resources (CNR) will gradually resume production afte... . ...Read More

• Australia bucks climate zeitgeist with plan to subsidise coal, gas

  01 Sep 2021

  Australia’s federal government is proposing what amounts to a subsidy to coal- and natural g... . ...Read More

• Indian firm gets 2-year barge service supply deal for Lakvijaya Coal Plant

  01 Sep 2021

  India’s Gujarat-based Shreeji Shipping Ltd. has won the two-year contract to supply automati... . ...Read More

• NOLA coal shipments on pause due to Ida rail, port closures

  31 Aug 2021

  Coal carriers remained moored Aug. 30 in the New Orleans region as Hurricane Ida forced closures o... . ...Read More