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• Coal Production In Wyoming’s Powder River Basin Falls 21%

  30 Apr 2024

  Data released Monday by the Wyoming State Geological Survey shows 2024 first quarter coal production plummeted nearly 21% from the first quarter of 2023, when the state dug up more than 58 million tons of coal. . ...Read More

• NSW to announce life extension of Eraring, Australia’s largest coal-fired power station

  30 Apr 2024

  Exclusive: Decision to keep the ageing plant operating for up to four more years could cost taxpayers as much as $150m a year . ...Read More

• G7 Countries Agree to Exit From Coal by 2035

  30 Apr 2024

  The agreement follows several failed attempts by the seven economic superpowers to set a timeline for a coal phaseout, though some environmental groups have said the deal is “too little, too late.” . ...Read More

• Researchers publish disaster risk monitoring protocol for multi-coal seam mining

  29 Apr 2024

  Sorting coal out of waste stone in Shanxi, China. (Reference image by Peter Van den Bossche, Wikimedia Commons.) . ...Read More

• Biden crackdown on power plants expected to speed shift away from coal

  29 Apr 2024

  Emissions rise from the smokestacks at the Jeffrey Energy Center coal power plant as the sun sets, near Emmett, Kan., Sept. 18, 2021. The Biden administration’s crackdown on power plants’ planet-warming emissions will accelerate a shift away from coal, and potentially speed the U.S.’s adoption of renewable energy sources. . ...Read More

• Gordon promises to sue after EPA moves to slash coal emissions

  29 Apr 2024

  The Biden administration’s suite of coal pollution rules is a win for climate and health, advocates say, but a major blow to one of Wyoming’s bedrock economic drivers. . ...Read More

• BHP: As the steel technology transition accelerates, met coal’s biggest exporter wants to get even bigger

  29 Apr 2024

  While the bid is largely driven by Anglo’s copper assets, BHP’s interest in hard coking coal reflects its continued belief that carbon capture, utilisation (CCUS) and storage offers a viable option for decarbonising steelmaking. . ...Read More

• Opinion: China's rising hydro and solar set to cap coal use in 2024

  26 Apr 2024

  Consumption growth was concentrated in manufacturing (+112 billion kWh) as factories returned to normal operations after widespread disruptions caused by lockdowns in 2022 and 2023. . ...Read More

• Coal power plants must reduce pollution under new federal rules

  26 Apr 2024

  Premier Danielle Smith said that her government would abide the decision of the court to release the documents that the province had been stifling despite a FOIP request. . ...Read More

• Shift vessel with coal from Gangavaram to Vizag: HC

  26 Apr 2024

  Vijayawada: The high court on Thursday directed the Adani Gangavaram Port management to shift the vessel with coking coal docked at its port to Visakhapatnam port immediately. . ...Read More

• Reasons behind the price premium for U.S. metallurgical coal exports

  25 Apr 2024

  U.S. coal used for the steelmaking process has sold for more than double the price of U.S. coal used as a fuel for electricity generation in six of the last seven years . ...Read More

• No ‘magic’ to phase out coal plants, committee hears

  25 Apr 2024

  The smokestacks at Nova Scotia Power’s Tufts Cove Generating Station on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. Credit: Zane Woodford . ...Read More

• Sampling and grading of coal at 427 mines completed; new grades to be applicable for FY24

  25 Apr 2024

  Of the total 427 mines, 331 are central public sector units, 69 under state governments and 27 private sector mines, the coal ministry said in a statement. . ...Read More

• China's Coal Prices Set to Soar, Industry Experts Predict

  25 Apr 2024

  China's coal market is poised for a significant uptick in prices, according to fresh insights from the China Coal Transportation and Distribution Association (CCTD). . ...Read More

• Slump in Coal Production Drags Down Poland's Economic Recovery

  23 Apr 2024

  A 26% plunge in coal mining weighed on Poland’s industrial output in March 2024, casting a shadow over the expectations that the biggest emerging-market economy in Europe would grow by the expected 3% this year. . ...Read More