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• Vale buys Mitsui's stake in African coal mine for $2.5 billion

  10 Jun 2021

  Vale said Wednesday that it will pay $2.5 billion for Mitsui's stakes in the Moatize coal mine... . ...Read More

• Avon Lake coal-fired power plant is closing, opening up lakefront space while impacting 55 jobs

  10 Jun 2021

   The city of Avon Lake announced plans today to reimagine its lakefront, with a 40-acre coal-... . ...Read More

• European Commission joins Czech case against Poland's Turow coal mine

  10 Jun 2021

  The European Commission will take part in the Czech Republic's lawsuit against Poland at Europ... . ...Read More

• EIA coal production forecast up 11.3% on year to 600 million st: STEO

  09 Jun 2021

  The US Energy Information Administration forecast coal production of about 600 million st in 2021,... . ...Read More

• Vale to pay $2.5B to settle Mozambique coal mine liabilities

  09 Jun 2021

  Vale (NYSE:VALE) says it will prepay an outstanding ~$2.5B balance related to project financing fo... . ...Read More

• Climate Change Commission Slammed For Doubling Coal Use In 2050 In Final Advice

  09 Jun 2021

  Coal Action Network Aotearoa sharply criticised the Climate Change Commission's decision to do... . ...Read More

• China Considers Imposing Price Controls on Surging Coal Market

  09 Jun 2021

  China is considering imposing a cap on the price of thermal coal as it struggles to contain stubbo... . ...Read More

• Blinken Says Unaware US Steel Industry Almost Entirely Dependent on Russian Coal

  08 Jun 2021

  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday it was news to him that cheap coal from Russia... . ...Read More

• NSW coal industry would die in 20 years, worst-case scenario predicts

  08 Jun 2021

  Coal jobs would disappear entirely in NSW within 20 years if international demand shrinks, accordi... . ...Read More

• Monongalia County Coal Company Mine To Close Later This Year

  08 Jun 2021

  A mining complex near the Pennsylvania-West Virginia border is closing. The Monongalia County Coal... . ...Read More

• Column-Asia coal prices surge, but China-Australia dispute means rally is uneven: Russell

  08 Jun 2021

  Thermal coal prices across Asia have surged to multi-year highs amid strong demand and some supply... . ...Read More

• Coal prices surge with demand

  07 Jun 2021

  Coal is seeing a dramatic spike in demand just as several major miners are hit with production pro... . ...Read More

• Coal India alive and sensitive to need of environmental protection: Chairman

  07 Jun 2021

  Coal India chief Pramod Agrawal has said that the coal behemoth is alive and sensitive to the need... . ...Read More

• How Asia’s ‘first lady of coal’ says she’s working on a sustainable future

  07 Jun 2021

  Coal is one of the world’s biggest polluters, with its transportation, storage and usage acc... . ...Read More

• Bill Gates company to build reactor at Wyoming coal plant

  04 Jun 2021

  A next-generation, small nuclear plant will be built at a soon-to-be retired coal-fired power plan... . ...Read More