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• Tags: coal | surplus | power | energy | miners Huge Coal Surplus Real Problem for Power Producers

  17 Dec 2024

  American power producers over the past two years have accumulated massive amounts of coal that are now sitting idle at their facilities and creating financial and storage problems for utilities and coal miners, . ...Read More

• MBDA engaged to carry out aerial survey of illegal coal mines: State to HC

  17 Dec 2024

  The Meghalaya Basin Development Authority (MBDA) has been engaged to carry out aerial survey to locate illegal coal mining, sale, and transportation, as well as identify coal stored outside designated depots and coal already seized under the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (MMDR Act). . ...Read More

• Domestic coking coal production target for 2024-25 is 77MT

  12 Dec 2024

  Delhi, Dec 11: The total domestic raw coking coal production during the financial year 2023-24 is 66.821 million tonnes (MT).The domestic raw coking coal production target for the financial year 2024-25 is 77 MT . ...Read More

• Thungela poised to exceed 2024 production targets despite coal price decline

  12 Dec 2024

  Thungela poised to exceed 2024 production targets despite coal price decline . ...Read More

• Supreme Court Declines to Block Biden EPA Coal Ash Rule

  12 Dec 2024

  On Wednesday, the Supreme Court rejected a request from a Kentucky electric utility to block a rule set by the Environmental Protection Agency aimed at addressing the leaking of a form of toxic waste, known as coal ash, into the groundwater, the The New York Times reported. . ...Read More

• Govt focusing on reducing coal-based energy, says Vij

  12 Dec 2024

  The minister was addressing a gathering during the augmentation of 66-KV substation in Ambala Cantonment . ...Read More

• China's coal imports rise 26% in November

  10 Dec 2024

  BEIJING, Dec 10 (Reuters) -China's coal imports rose 26% to 54.98 million metric tons in November, customs data showed on Tuesday. . ...Read More

• House panel recommends dedicated coal corridors, real-time tracking for speedy coal evacuation

  10 Dec 2024

  A parliamentary panel has recommended the development of dedicated coal corridors and the deployment of a real-time tracking system for coal transportation . ...Read More

• India’s power demand rises 4.3% in November, coal generation sees revival

  10 Dec 2024

  Industrial and commercial consumers, who account for nearly half of the country’s total power consumption, played a significant role in the growth. . ...Read More

• China Baoli Partners with Van Pacific for Mongolian Coal Venture

  09 Dec 2024

  China Baoli Technologies Holdings Ltd. (HK:0164) has released an update. . ...Read More

• India’s core sector output grows 3.1% in October, led by coal production

  09 Dec 2024

  India’s eight core sectors’ output grew by 3.1% in October, compared to a 2% rise in September, according to government data released on Friday. Company Value Change %Change The Ministry of Commerce and Industry reported that Coal, Refinery Products, Steel, Cement, Electricity, and Fertilisers experienced positive growth. Coal production increased by 7.8%, while crude oil […] . ...Read More

• Seismic event sparks fire, stops operations at Russian coal mine

  09 Dec 2024

  (Reuters) - A seismic event sparked a fire and halted operations at the Alardinskaya mine in southwestern Siberia, Russian officials and news agencies said on Monday. . ...Read More

• Govt to assist Andhra Pradesh with coal linkages, power sector modernization

  09 Dec 2024

  The review was attended by Andhra Pradesh ministers Gottipati Ravi Kumar, Ponguru Narayana, and Kolusu Parthasarathi, along with senior officials from the state government and the Ministry of Power and Housing & Urban Affairs. . ...Read More

• Thermal power plant Ugljevik halts production due to lack of coal

  06 Dec 2024

  Thermal power plant Ugljevik in the Republic of Srpska has halted electricity production due to a lack of coal. The suspension is reportedly causing daily losses of BAM 550,000 (EUR 281,000), equivalent to the cost of 5 GWh of electricity, while citizens of Ugljevik were left without district heating. . ...Read More

• Multibillion-dollar plan to convert coal into ‘clean’ hydrogen falters

  06 Dec 2024

  A multibillion-dollar plan to create “clean” hydrogen from Australian brown coal and ship it to Japan is on the brink of collapse. Japanese media have reported Kawasaki Heavy Industries has withdrawn from the trial, blaming procurement delays. . ...Read More