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• 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

• Decoding China's Massive Green Energy Boom

  10 Jul 2023

  • China is rapidly expanding its renewable energy capacity, adding new capacity at the same pace as the rest of the world combined, driven by strong government policies and funding. . ...Read More

• China miners seek coal import curbs to ease glut

  10 Jul 2023

  Scarred by a coal supply crunch and power crisis in 2021 and wary of energy insecurity risks triggered by the Ukraine war, Beijing urged miners to boost production, approved new mines and encouraged imports, which has led to record stockpiles. . ...Read More

• ‘Coal gasification business to get VGF scheme in 3 months’

  10 Jul 2023

  Union minister for parliamentary affairs, coal and mines Pralhad Joshi said the proposal for VGF support worth ₹6,000 crore has been approved by the expenditure finance committee (ECF). . ...Read More

• Court backs green light on Narrabri coal mine expansion

  06 Jul 2023

  Climate activists vow to keep fighting after a court dismissed their bid to stop a coal mine extension that would generate the equivalent of Australia's total annual carbon dioxide emissions. . ...Read More

• Australian Government approves thermal coal mine

  06 Jul 2023

  Environmentalists predict the mine approval will add an additional 100 million tonnes of CO₂ to the atmosphere. . ...Read More

• Italy Orders Minimum Coal Power Output As It Rolls Back Energy Emergency

  06 Jul 2023

  Italy’s Energy Security Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin ordered on Wednesday that domestic coal-fired power plants operate at minimum levels as the country is rolling back some of the emergency energy security measures from last year amid high natural gas storage levels. . ...Read More

• Seven dead in concealed coal mine accident in China

  06 Jul 2023

  Shenyang, July 6 (IANS) Seven people were killed while seven others injured in a coal mine accident in northeast China's Liaoning Province, . ...Read More

• Termoguajira to be Colombia’s 1st coal TPP to shift to 100% renewables

  05 Jul 2023

  The Termoguajira coal and gas-fired power plant in Dibulla, Colombia, will be the country’s first thermoelectric plant to switch to 100% decarbonised electricity generation, Colombian minister of mining and energy Irene Velez Torres announced on Saturday. . ...Read More

• Australian coal to China picks up strongly

  05 Jul 2023

  Australia looks to increase exports of key commodities over the next few years, even as prices look to be coming off . ...Read More

• NS Power to retrofit coal-fired electrical generation stations to heavy fuel oil

  05 Jul 2023

  HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's power utility plans to convert a coal-burning electricity station in Cape Breton to burn heavy fuel oil once federal regulations phase out coal entirely in 2030. . ...Read More

• Lawsuit against Whitehaven Coal's Narrabri Stage 3 extension consent dismissed

  05 Jul 2023

  Updates with details on extension consent in paragraph 2; context on proceeding in paragraph 3; Whitehaven comment in paragraph 4; details on approval process in paragraph 5 . ...Read More

• Australian coal earnings expected to plummet

  04 Jul 2023

  SYDNEY: Australia on Monday predicted its coal exports will halve in value over the next two years, as prices fall and consumers look to alternative sources of energy. . ...Read More

• South Africa Shifts From Coal To Natural Gas In Energy Transition

  04 Jul 2023

  Over 90% of South Africa's electricity is produced using coal, which currently dominates the country's energy landscape. . ...Read More

• Untimely rain weighs on Coal India’s sales volumes

  04 Jul 2023

  Coal offtake increased by 5.4 percent in the June 2023 quarter, slower than the 10.6 percent expansion in the year ago period . ...Read More