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• India surpasses China as the top developer of coal-based steelmaking capacity in 2022

  20 Jul 2023

  For the first time ever, India surpassed China as the top developer of coal-based capacity: it holds 40% of coal-based ‘blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace’ capacity under development, while China is responsible for 39%. . ...Read More

• China’s Addiction to Coal Deepens in the Heat

  20 Jul 2023

  China has an answer to the heat waves now affecting much of the Northern Hemisphere: burn more coal to maintain a stable electricity supply for air-conditioning. . ...Read More

• Indian Banks Reluctant to Fund Coal Mines Amid Rising Energy Demand and Renewable Push

  20 Jul 2023

  India’s ambitious drive to increase coal production to meet its surging energy demand is facing hurdles as banks show reluctance to finance newly auctioned mines. . ...Read More

• Coal India, port and agency plan $1.46bln water transport corridor

  18 Jul 2023

  FILE PHOTO: worker sits on a truck being loaded with coal at a railway coal yard on the outskirts of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad November 25, 2013. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo . ...Read More

• Thermal coal, coking coal shipments up in Q1FY24

  18 Jul 2023

  Paradip port handled the highest thermal coal shipments at 12.8 mt, nearly 37 per cent of the total thermal coal coming into the country . ...Read More

• Polish government outlines offer to buy coal assets from state energy firms

  18 Jul 2023

  Poland’s government has outlined details of the billions of zloty it is proposing to pay state energy firms to buy their coal assets. . ...Read More

• China power plants had record 199 mln metric tons of coal stocks at end-June

  18 Jul 2023

  BEIJING, July 18 (Reuters) - China's power plants had 199 million metric tons of coal in stock at the end of June, a record high, an official from China's state planner said on Tuesday. . ...Read More

• Poland's PGE, Enea, Tauron, Energa get state offers for coal assets

  17 Jul 2023

  WARSAW (Reuters) -Polish state-controlled power utilities PGE, Enea, Tauron and Energa received offers from the state treasury for their coal-fired power plants in a planned overhaul of the energy sector. . ...Read More

• India’s JSW Steel Said to Mull Bid for Stake in Teck Coal Unit

  17 Jul 2023

  • JSW may seek to buy 20% of business also eyed by Glencore . ...Read More

• China June coal output rebounds from six-month low as heatwave boosts demand

  17 Jul 2023

  BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China's average daily coal production rebounded in June from a six-month low the prior month, official data showed on Monday, as miners ramped up output to meet increasing demand from power generators amid a heatwave. . ...Read More

• India's Adani mulls bidding for Anil Ambani's bankrupt coal plants- Bloomberg

  12 Jul 2023

  (Adds details on coal plant in paragraph 2 and 3, background in following paragraphs) . ...Read More

• Problems with roof supports leads to temporary closure of coal mine in Cape Breton

  12 Jul 2023

  There are new questions over just how committed Canada is to climate action, as the Donkin underground coal mine in Nova Scotia reopens. Ross Lord looks at the concerns about worker safety and the environment. – Sep . ...Read More

• New trial begins in Oakland’s coal fight. What’s at stake?

  12 Jul 2023

  The developer behind a controversial coal terminal claims over $148 million in lost profits. Oakland says residents’ health and safety are at risk. . ...Read More

• Vietnam's coal emissions primed for surge after imports jump: Maguire

  12 Jul 2023

  July 12 (Reuters) - Vietnam's thermal power emissions are primed for a steep climb this summer after the country's imports of thermal coal soared to their highest levels in three years in May and June. . ...Read More

• China's deflation pressure builds as consumer prices falter

  10 Jul 2023

  Smokes billows from the chimneys of a steel plant in Wu'an, Hebei province, China, February 23, 2017. Picture taken February 23, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Peter . ...Read More