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NSW predicted to miss legislated emissions targets
09 May 2024NSW is tipped to miss emissions-reduction targets, prompting calls to cut back coal mine expansions. (Darren Pateman/AAP PHOTOS) . ...Read More
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Russia grows first quarter rail exports to China by 27,5%
30 Apr 2024Russian rail exports to China have grown by 27,5 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter. In total, Russia exported 9,4 million tonnes of freight during this period. The growth reflects an ongoing trend of growing rail freight volumes between the two countries. . ...Read More
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Coal Production In Wyoming’s Powder River Basin Falls 21%
30 Apr 2024Data 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
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NSW to announce life extension of Eraring, Australia’s largest coal-fired power station
30 Apr 2024Exclusive: Decision to keep the ageing plant operating for up to four more years could cost taxpayers as much as $150m a year . ...Read More
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G7 Countries Agree to Exit From Coal by 2035
30 Apr 2024The 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
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Researchers publish disaster risk monitoring protocol for multi-coal seam mining
29 Apr 2024Sorting coal out of waste stone in Shanxi, China. (Reference image by Peter Van den Bossche, Wikimedia Commons.) . ...Read More
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Biden crackdown on power plants expected to speed shift away from coal
29 Apr 2024Emissions 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
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Gordon promises to sue after EPA moves to slash coal emissions
29 Apr 2024The 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
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BHP: As the steel technology transition accelerates, met coal’s biggest exporter wants to get even bigger
29 Apr 2024While 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
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Opinion: China's rising hydro and solar set to cap coal use in 2024
26 Apr 2024Consumption 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
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Coal power plants must reduce pollution under new federal rules
26 Apr 2024Premier 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
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Shift vessel with coal from Gangavaram to Vizag: HC
26 Apr 2024Vijayawada: 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
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Reasons behind the price premium for U.S. metallurgical coal exports
25 Apr 2024U.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
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No ‘magic’ to phase out coal plants, committee hears
25 Apr 2024The smokestacks at Nova Scotia Power’s Tufts Cove Generating Station on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. Credit: Zane Woodford . ...Read More
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Sampling and grading of coal at 427 mines completed; new grades to be applicable for FY24
25 Apr 2024Of 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