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• Colombian coal exports drop 65.1% on week: Kpler

  07 May 2021

  Houston — Colombia exported roughly 598,272 mt of coal on 12 coal carriers in the week ended... . ...Read More

• Chile looks to repurpose its coal-fired power plants

  06 May 2021

  By 2050 Chile plans to be carbon neutral. A crucial part of that goal is the decarbonisation of it... . ...Read More

• Northern Appalachia Q1 coal production rises 15.3% from Q4: MSHA

  06 May 2021

  Northern Appalachia coal production in the first quarter jumped to 24.31 million st, up 15.3% from... . ...Read More

• 80% Of U.S. Coal Plants Are Uneconomic As Renewables Costs Drop

  06 May 2021

  As much as 80 percent of the coal-fired power plants in the United States are already uneconomic c... . ...Read More

• Germany aims for net zero emissions by 2045, 5 years earlier

  06 May 2021

  German officials proposed Wednesday that the country could bring forward the date for reducing its... . ...Read More

• US coal exports jump to 18-month high in March: Census

  05 May 2021

  US coal exports rose to an 18-month high 6.88 million mt in March, as thermal coal exports jumped ... . ...Read More

• Australian thermal coal exports at 8-year low: Update

  05 May 2021

  China's embargo on Australian coal imports and weather-related disruption to loadings from New... . ...Read More

• CIL says operations slowed down as many employees tested positive for COVID

  05 May 2021

  Coal India Ltd (CIL) on Tuesday said its operations slowed down on account of more than 5,400 of t... . ...Read More

• CLP to replace Liddell coal giant with hydrogen-ready gas power plant

  05 May 2021

  Energy Australia, part of Hong Kong-listed CLP Holdings, has decided to invest A$300 million ($232... . ...Read More

• UW TO RECEIVE $3M FOR RESEARCH TO EXPAND, TRANSFORM USE OF COAL

  04 May 2021

   The University of Wyoming said on April 30 that the U.S. Department of Energy will provide a... . ...Read More

• Andrew Forrest, Indonesian coal giant join forces on green energy

  04 May 2021

  Fortescue Metals Group and Indonesian coal giant PT Adaro Energy have emerged as unlikely allies i... . ...Read More

• Henry Hub forward price rally risks summer-season power burn demand

  04 May 2021

  Rallying prices at the Henry Hub have lifted the peak-summer forward strip nearly 15% over the pas... . ...Read More

• Major co-op supports Biden coal debt relief proposal that NRECA has sought to undermine

  04 May 2021

  The Biden administration, rural advocacy and environmental groups, and one of the largest cooperat... . ...Read More

• China is building a coal power plant in Bangladesh despite protests by civil society

  03 May 2021

  A Chinese-backed coal power plant is being built in Bangladesh allegedly by evicting locals from t... . ...Read More

• Peabody reopening Australia's Metropolitan coal mine

  03 May 2021

  US energy firm Peabody Energy will reopen its 1.8mn t/yr Metropolitan coking coal mine in Australi... . ...Read More