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• China Develops Powerful Machine for Mining Ultra-Thin Coal Beds

  10 Aug 2023

  China has successfully developed a powerful coal seam shearer that can extract ultra-thin coal beds, achieving record output levels. The machine, developed by the Shanghai Research Institute of China Coal Technology and Engineering Group Corporation (CCTEG), can be used on coal beds as thin as 1.3 meters. More than 70 of these machines have been deployed by major coal mining companies in mainland China. . ...Read More

• Robot shunting locomotives deployed at Kazakh coal mine

  08 Aug 2023

  KAZAKHSTAN: German shunting equipment specialist Vollert has supplied five twin-section DER 300 diesel-electric automated robots for moving 1 km long trains of up to 6 900 tonnes through loading equipment at the Bogatyr open-cast coal mine in Ekibastuz. . ...Read More

• Singareni eyes 20 MT coal production from 4 new mines in next fiscal

  08 Aug 2023

  A view of Singareni Collieries Company Ltd head office at Kothagudem of Bhadradri Kothagudem district of Telangana. File | Photo Credit: G.N. RAO . ...Read More

• Shanxi pioneers green coal in N China

  08 Aug 2023

  Rows of photovoltaic panels installed over the hills provide unique scenery in Nianzhang township of Xiaxian county in Yuncheng city, Shanxi province. [Photo by Zhang Xiufeng/For chinadaily.com.cn] . ...Read More

• India’s coal approval spree marks change in energy transition strategy: Analysis

  08 Aug 2023

  New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS): Close to 11.5 gigawatts (GW) of coal power capacity under development moved forward through various approval stages in the first five months of 2023, a new analysis by Global Energy Monitor (GEM) and the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) said on Tuesday. . ...Read More

• RWE, PPC to build 280 MW of additional solar in Greece’s former coal region

  07 Aug 2023

  German and Greek electric utilities have decided to build 280 MW of new solar capacity in Greece’s former coal region in Western Macedonia. . ...Read More

• Tragic Incident at Bielszowice Mine

  07 Aug 2023

  Click "I accept and go to the website" to consent to the use of automatic tracking and data collection technology, access to information on your end device and its storage, and to the processing of your personal data by Telewizja Polska S.A. . ...Read More

• Japan’s Largest Coal-Fired Power Plant Explores Cleaner Alternatives

  07 Aug 2023

  Japan’s largest coal-fired power plant, located in Aichi Prefecture, is grappling with the question of whether it is better to find cleaner ways of using coal or to phase it out in favor of renewable energy sources. The company managing the site, Jera, aims to blend coal with ammonia in its boilers to reduce carbon dioxide emissions during combustion. . ...Read More

• China Approves Over 50 Gigawatts of New Coal Power

  07 Aug 2023

  China has approved more than 50 gigawatts of new coal power in the first half of 2023, according to environmental group Greenpeace. . ...Read More

• HBT acquires coal mining equipment specialist Waratah Engineering from Questas

  02 Aug 2023

  HBT GmbH has advised that as of July 20, it entered into a Share Purchase Agreement to procure Australia-based coal equipment company Waratah Engineering from Questas Group. . ...Read More

• Chinese investment in coal-based steel mills still running hot

  02 Aug 2023

  Chinese steelmakers received approvals from provincial authorities to invest about $100 billion in new coal-based mills over the past two-and-a-half years, according to the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air. . ...Read More

• Tara block withdrawn from commercial coal mining auction process

  02 Aug 2023

  Tara coal block is in the Hasdeo Aranya forest area (Surajpur district) and has 15.96sq km of very dense forest (VDF) area in the coal mine. . ...Read More

• Restart delayed at Texas coal unit linked to Petra Nova CCS project

  02 Aug 2023

  Aug 1 (Reuters) - A coal-fired unit at a Texas power station, expected to host a carbon capture project that was shuttered in 2020, will return to service in late August, months later than originally planned, the utility NRG said on Tuesday. . ...Read More

• BHP expects Indian steelmaking boom to drive its coal business, Financial Times reports

  01 Aug 2023

  A small toy figure and mineral imitation are seen in front of the BHP logo in this illustration taken November 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration . ...Read More

• Coal India's production up by 13.4 per cent in July 2023, supplies to NPS grew by 59 per cent

  01 Aug 2023

  The company continues to pump higher volumes of coal to the non-power sector (NPS), which at 11.7 MTs in July 2023 grew by a robust 59 per cent. . ...Read More