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• Coal deal floats Glencore’s boat

  13 Jul 2021

  Glencore further increased its exposure to coal by acquiring a strategic stake in a business that ... . ...Read More

• President says no more coal power

  12 Jul 2021

  President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has shot down the setting up of any coal power plants, saying he has ... . ...Read More

• SMC unit halts 1,500-MW ‘clean’ coal power plants

  12 Jul 2021

  SMC Global Power Holdings Corp. has dropped a plan to develop “clean” coal power plant... . ...Read More

• India's coal import rises by 20.4% in month of May

  12 Jul 2021

  India's coal import rose 20.4 per cent to 19.92 million tonnes (MT) in the month of May. &nb... . ...Read More

• Bill helps utilities shutter coal plants, transition to renewable power

  12 Jul 2021

  Missouri utilities will be able to shutter more coal plants, speeding their transition to renewabl... . ...Read More

• Bill helps utilities shutter coal plants, transition to renewable power

  12 Jul 2021

  Missouri utilities will be able to shutter more coal plants, speeding their transition to renewabl... . ...Read More

• Coal India Ltd inks pact for purchase of 11 Russian rope shovels for nearly Rs 1,642 cr

  09 Jul 2021

  State-owned CIL on Thursday said it has inked a pact for purchase of 11 Russian rope shovels for n... . ...Read More

• German coal plant closes after just six years, to produce green hydrogen from wind

  09 Jul 2021

  The 1600W Moorburg hard coal (black coal) power station in Hamburg was closed down for good on Jul... . ...Read More

• US 2021 coal production estimates to rise 14.5% on year: EIA

  09 Jul 2021

  The US is estimated to produce 617.3 million st of coal in 2021, the US Energy Information Adminis... . ...Read More

• Report from operator of Texas' electrical grid confirms gas- and coal-fired plant outages played big role in June power woes

  09 Jul 2021

  New data from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, confirms that issues with therm... . ...Read More

• Surging electricity use, higher natural gas prices give coal new life

  08 Jul 2021

  After years of decline in many countries, coal's use is picking  up in the U.S., China an... . ...Read More

• AES to retire over 1GW of coal capacity in Chile by 2025

  08 Jul 2021

  Global energy company AES Corporation has signed an agreement with the government of Chile to allo... . ...Read More

• US coal cutting Australia's lunch

  08 Jul 2021

  China - which is Australia's largest trade partner with a longstanding regional relationship -... . ...Read More

• Robust China coal demand amid Australia import ban fuels price rally

  08 Jul 2021

  Australia: Seaborne coal has become a quiet winner among energy commodities, lacking the attention... . ...Read More

• IEEFA warns the financial risk for new coal under-estimated

  07 Jul 2021

  India’s proposed and under-construction coal-fired power projects carry a massive stranded a... . ...Read More