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• More load shedding expected this week

  09 Dec 2019

  South Africans should prepare for more power cuts as Eskom confirmed that it will continue impleme... . ...Read More

• Protestors block train carrying coal to Bow, NH, power plant

  09 Dec 2019

  Climate activists blocked a train carrying coal to the Merrimack Station power plant in Bow this w... . ...Read More

• Australian multinational signs agreement on Mongolian coal project

  09 Dec 2019

  Aspire Mining has secured a non-binding agreement with Sinosteel Equipment & Engineering to de... . ...Read More

• Independent power producers allowed to use Coal India supplies across plants

  09 Dec 2019

  Independent power producers will now be allowed to use contracted fuel supply from Coal India at a... . ...Read More

• Spate of Deaths Sparks Criticism of China’s Smokeless Coal Push

  06 Dec 2019

  A spate of fatal carbon monoxide poisonings across northern China is raising questions about the c... . ...Read More

• Colstrip owners sign new coal-supply agreement with nearby mine

  06 Dec 2019

  The owners of the Colstrip power plant have reached a new coal supply agreement with the owners of... . ...Read More

• South African coal price surge, while others languish, is troubling: Russell

  06 Dec 2019

  Coal prices around the world are gently sliding as demand from top importers such as China, India ... . ...Read More

• India okays allocation of 5 coal mines; allows part output sale in open market

  06 Dec 2019

  The Indian government has approved the allocation of five coal mines with a combined capacity of a... . ...Read More

• CIL in talks with Russian company for extraction, import of coking coal

  05 Dec 2019

  Coal India (CIL) is in talks with Russian coal company Vostok-Coal-Diskon to participate in the ex... . ...Read More

• Energy: ResGen gets funding to start mining coal in South Africa

  05 Dec 2019

  Resource Generation (ASX:RES) had some good news for the market this morning: it’s secured f... . ...Read More

• Whitehaven Coal cuts production forecasts due to bushfire smoke, drought

  05 Dec 2019

  Coal mining giant Whitehaven has been forced to slash its coal production forecasts at its biggest... . ...Read More

• China set to slash coal-fired power capacity at big utilities

  04 Dec 2019

  China plans to slash coal-fired power capacity at its five biggest utilities by as much as a third... . ...Read More

• New US energy secretary: ‘There’s a bright future for coal’

  04 Dec 2019

  The US Senate confirmed former deputy energy secretary Dan Brouillette to be the next energy secre... . ...Read More

• Coal drop drives slowdown in emissions but Paris goals long way off

  04 Dec 2019

  The growth of emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels most likely eased this year to a third... . ...Read More

• Richmond council considers banning coal shipments from port

  04 Dec 2019

  The Richmond City Council planned to vote Tuesday night on whether to ban coal shipments from its ... . ...Read More