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• Government is considering "all relevant options" regarding ASX-listed company, mining coal in Russia

  15 Apr 2024

  A SUV drives on the tundra during sunset in Anadyr, Chukotka autonomous okrug, on January 10, 2024 in Anadyr, Russia. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images) Credit: Contributor/Getty Images . ...Read More

• Thiess locks in $1.9b contract with BHP

  15 Apr 2024

  Thiess has locked in a six-year contract extension with BHP for the Mount Arthur South coal operations in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales. . ...Read More

• India invokes a 21-year-old power law as it braces for one of the worst heatwaves this year

  15 Apr 2024

  All gas-based power generating stations have been told to operationalise their plants from May 1 to June 30 in view of rise in electricity demand due to a likely prolonged heat wave this summer. . ...Read More

• China accounted for two-thirds of new global coal plant capacity in 2023, report finds

  15 Apr 2024

  • A report by Global Energy Monitor found that net coal capacity grew by 48.4 GW in 2023, with China accounting for about two-thirds of new coal plant capacity. . ...Read More

• Salzgitter to install shredder in Germany

  08 Apr 2024

  Steelmaker says the new Lindemann shredder will help supply its mill as it moves toward lowering its carbon footprint. . ...Read More

• An End to Coal in New England & Hint at a Transition Plan

  08 Apr 2024

  No Coal No Gas, a campaign launched by the Climate Disobedience Center and 350 New Hampshire, has successfully SHUT DOWN New England’s last remaining coal plant. . ...Read More

• Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapse impacting auto dealerships, West Virginia coal exports

  08 Apr 2024

  Coal train file photo from July 2021 . ...Read More

• Coal import increasing in India, 13 percent increase in coal import in February – India TV Hindi

  08 Apr 2024

  Coal imports in India have increased by 13 percent in February to 21.6 million tonnes. . ...Read More

• NTPC targets 40 million tonnes coal production in FY 2025

  08 Apr 2024

  Ranchi : NTPC, India’s leading integrated power company, has set a target of 40 Million Metric Tons (MMT) of coal production from its captive mines for the fiscal FY’25. . ...Read More

• Strong coal stockpiles could pose downside risk to US gas in summer

  26 Mar 2024

  Production cuts and coal-to-gas switching will be needed to alleviate the storage surplus and avoid "hitting storage injection constraints in September/October," the analysts said March 21. . ...Read More

• Serbia to start trial operation of desulfurization unit at its biggest coal plant

  26 Mar 2024

  Flue gas desulfurization in thermal power plant Nikola Tesla A (TENT A) in Serbia is the biggest environmental project among all thermal power plants in Europe, Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Đedović Handanović said. She revealed that the unit would be put into trial operation by the end of March. . ...Read More

• Naperville’s coal-heavy electricity supply hangs in the balance as contract renewal looms

  26 Mar 2024

  Unlike most towns in Illinois, Naperville gets its power from a joint municipal power agency, the Prairie State Energy Campus in southwestern Illinois, rather than an investor-owned utility like ComEd. Courtesy of Prairie State Energy Campus . ...Read More

• RBCT reopens coal exports to Optimum Coal

  26 Mar 2024

  The first shipments are likely in April following an agreement between the two parties. . ...Read More

• Power sector see no summer outrages, with enough coal stocks

  14 Mar 2024

  The electricity demand growth is expected to grow at an average of 6-7% in the upcoming fiscal 2024-25. Increased capacity additions across segments is expected to narrow the supply deficit and meet the rising demand. . ...Read More

• Polish court allows Turow coal mine to stay open for now

  14 Mar 2024

  A Polish coal mine near the Czech border will be able to continue operating for now, the state news agency PAP reported on Wednesday, . ...Read More