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• Russian, Colombian competition continuing to slow US thermal coal exports: Platts Analytics

  03 Dec 2019

  US thermal coal exports continue to slow this year due to significant competition from rival Russi... . ...Read More

• Wyoming Cryptocurrency Advocates Propose Reviving Coal Plants to Power Cryptomining

  03 Dec 2019

  Parties working to make Wyoming friendly to cryptocurrency businesses have offered to revive aging... . ...Read More

• China to slash coal-fired power capacity at big utilities by merging assets

  03 Dec 2019

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

• S Korea to suspend 25% of coal plants to fight pollution

  02 Dec 2019

  South Korea will suspend up to a quarter of its coal-fired power plants in the next three months, ... . ...Read More

• Is Chasing Grid Demand Killing Your Large Coal Boiler? Here Are Four Concerns to Address

  02 Dec 2019

  Operating pulverized coal-fired boilers under low-load conditions presents several challenges. Thi... . ...Read More

• Vale Sees $1.6B Charge for Base Metal & Coal Business in Q4

  29 Nov 2019

  Vale S.A VALE recently announced that it will incur a non-cash impairment charge of approximately ... . ...Read More

• Pollution control board threatens to shut coal-fired utilities around New Delhi

  29 Nov 2019

  The board is seeking replies from the utilities for non-compliance    Pollution regu... . ...Read More

• PNM stands by plan to close coal-fired plant

  29 Nov 2019

  New Mexico’s largest electric provider said continued operation of a coal-fired power plant ... . ...Read More

• Anglo to sell 12% of Australian coal mine to Japanese partners

  28 Nov 2019

  Mining group Anglo American is selling a 12% stake in its coking coal operations at Grosvenor in Q... . ...Read More

• Weekly US coal carloads reach 75,859, down 7.6% on year: AAR

  28 Nov 2019

  Weekly US coal carload originations totaled 75,859 in the week ended November 23, up 4.5% from the... . ...Read More

• Coal-fired Edwards plant to close but nationwide air pollution rising

  28 Nov 2019

  Robin Nolting felt a jumble of emotions when U.S. Federal Judge Joe Billy McDade announced in cour... . ...Read More

• South Korea to close up to 15 coal-fired power plants over winter to limit pollution

  28 Nov 2019

  South Korea will idle up to a quarter of its coal-fired power plants between December and February... . ...Read More

• US coal-fired power generation falls 11.2% on year to 85.9 TWh in September

  27 Nov 2019

  US coal-fired power generation totaled 85.9 TWh in September, down 8.8% from August, US Energy Inf... . ...Read More

• Despite climate concerns, Wyoming public land opened to coal leasing

  27 Nov 2019

  The Bureau of Land Management announced Monday it plans to unlock roughly 500,000 acres of federal... . ...Read More

• Italy’s UniCredit to exit thermal coal financing by 2023

  27 Nov 2019

  Italian bank UniCredit has pledged to halt all lending for thermal coal projects by 2023, joining ... . ...Read More