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• 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

• 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