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• Analysis: China Ups Pressure on Some Provinces as Energy-Saving Efforts Fall Short

  14 Sep 2023

  China has warned four provinces to pick up the pace in achieving their central government-set energy-saving targets by 2025, as slow progress has seen them falling behind other provinces in controlling the use of energy, according to a statement from the country’s top economic planner. . ...Read More

• China Conjures a Glut of Coal as Record Imports Swell Supply

  14 Sep 2023

  This time last year, Chinese coal prices were soaring as power plants scrambled for supplies after an historic drought caused hydropower output to collapse. . ...Read More

• Coal mine collapses in northern Turkiye, trapping miners. At least one miner is taken to hospital

  14 Sep 2023

  A coal mine collapsed in northern Turkiye on Wednesday, and at least one miner was injured and taken to hospital, Turkish media reported. Last year, an explosion in another coal mine in northern Turkiye killed 41 people. . ...Read More

• Coal Stock in India Increases by 39% Amid Power Demand Concerns

  14 Sep 2023

  The stock of coal at mines and in transit has seen a significant increase of 39% compared to last year, . ...Read More

• China Shenhua Energy : Zhunge'er Energy Group's Commercial Coal Production Reaches a Five-year High in August

  13 Sep 2023

  Zhunge'er Energy Group produced 5.13 million tons of commercial coal in August, a year-on-year increase of 800,000 tons, reaching a five-year high. At the same time, it generated 410 million kWh of electricity, a year-on-year increase of 10 million kWh. . ...Read More

• Coal India planning investments aggregating to Rs 14,000 crore towards first mile connectivity projects

  13 Sep 2023

  These projects involve transportation of coal in mechanised piped conveyors from production point to coal handling plants/silos with rapid loading system where coal is directly loaded onto rail wagons . ...Read More

• Coal Minister Joshi holds meeting to plan production, supplies of dry fuel

  13 Sep 2023

  To strategise coal production and supplies in the following months, Joshi said he chaired a meeting with Coal Ministry officials and deliberated on ways to further increase coal dispatch to thermal power plants. . ...Read More

• Why power spot markets are key to China’s new energy system

  12 Sep 2023

  Spot markets are crucial for establishing a unified electricity market, which would promote renewable development and reduce reliance on new coal power. . ...Read More

• Poland has no plans to quickly cease hard coal production: Minister of State Assets

  12 Sep 2023

  Click "I accept and go to the website" to consent to the use of automatic tracking and data collection technology, . ...Read More

• Mongolia exports 40.9 million tons of coal since beginning of this year

  12 Sep 2023

  AKIPRESS.COM - Mongolia sold 40.9 million tons of hard coal in January-August, which is 2.8 times more than in the same period in 2022. . ...Read More

• Kyrgyzstan bans coal exports by truck for six months before start of heating season

  12 Sep 2023

  The Government of Kyrgyzstan has imposed a six-month ban on exports of coal by truck according to a decree signed by Prime Minister Akylbek Japarov, Azernews reports, citing Interfax. . ...Read More

• China's major goods imports up Jan-Aug

  11 Sep 2023

  BEIJING: China's imports of major commodities, including coal, crude oil and natural gas, saw a significant increase in the first eight months of the year, amid the country's continuous economic recovery, customs data showed. . ...Read More

• Colombia mulls future of massive coal mine as water dries up

  11 Sep 2023

  El Cerrejon is the largest open-pit coal mine in Latin America, stretching over 69,000 hectares across a harsh landscape that is also home to the semi-nomadic Wayuu tribe, who live in huts and survive off ranching, small-scale agriculture, and fishing. . ...Read More

• Brazil's Eletrobras sells its only coal-fired asset to Ambar Energia

  11 Sep 2023

  SAO PAULO, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Brazilian power company Eletrobras ELET6.SA said on Friday it has agreed to sell its Candiota thermoeletric power plant, the group's only coal-fired asset, to Ambar Energia at an equity value of 72 million reais ($14.47 million). . ...Read More

• G20 to accelerate coal power reduction; aims to triple RE capacity

  11 Sep 2023

  "We will pursue and encourage efforts to triple renewable energy capacity globally through existing targets and policies...in line with national circumstances by 2030," said the declaration. . ...Read More