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• Stop-work order after fire at Nova Scotia's Donkin coal mine, no injuries reported

  02 May 2023

  Workers repair the road leading to the Donkin coal mine in Donkin, N.S., Monday, Dec. 13, 2004. Nova Scotia’s Department of Labour says it has issued a stop work order following a fire at the Donkin coal mine in Cape Breton. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan . ...Read More

• TRADE REVIEW: Asian met coal could ease in Q2 on higher supply, mixed Chinese demand outlook

  25 Apr 2023

  El Nino expected to improve Australian supply . ...Read More

• Three months into 2023, China approves record coal burning plants despite pledge to reduce emissions

  25 Apr 2023

  Despite its pledge to reduce emissions from fossil fuels, China as per Greenland has this year approved a major surge in coal power. The jump in approval of coal-powered power plants has sparked concerns that China, . ...Read More

• How the U.S. Clean Air Act lets closed coal plants keep polluting for years

  25 Apr 2023

  Reuters) - Hatfield’s Ferry Power Station, a Pennsylvania coal-fired power plant, stopped producing electricity in 2013. Its closure came in a wave of coal-plant shutdowns triggered by competition from cheaper, cleaner natural gas and incentives in the U.S. Clean Air Act. . ...Read More

• Blackout-beset South Africa may delay closing coal stations

  25 Apr 2023

  JOHANNESBURG — South Africa may well hold off shutting down quite a few of its extremely polluting coal-fired electric power stations, President Cyril Ramaphosa mentioned Monday, . ...Read More

• High demand fuels 12% rise in coal consumption at thermal plants in FY23

  21 Apr 2023

  India's thermal units are consuming more coal as the power demand is on the rise and thermal power is the main source of power supply. . ...Read More

• World Bank suggests phasing down of coal-fired power generation

  21 Apr 2023

  Energy transition in developing countries will require an unprecedented transformation of the power sector infrastructure, with scaling up of energy efficiency and renewable energy as well as a phasing down of coal-fired power generation. . ...Read More

• China's coal imports from Australia hit 15-mth high as trade hurdles removed

  21 Apr 2023

  SINGAPORE, April 21 (Reuters) - China's coal imports from Australia rose to the highest level since Dec. 2021 in March after Beijing removed barriers on coal trade with the country and Chinese traders rushed to make profits off falling overseas prices. . ...Read More

• 3 killed in Colombian coal mine explosion

  21 Apr 2023

  Bogota, April 21 (IANS) The National Mining Agency of Colombia has confirmed that three of the seven missing miners were found dead after the coal mine explosion in the municipality of Cucunuba. . ...Read More

• Record clean-power growth in 2023 to spark ‘new era’ of fossil fuel decline

  20 Apr 2023

  The power sector is about to enter a "new era of falling fossil generation" as coal, oil and gas are pushed out of the grid by a record expansion of wind and solar power, according to new analysis by climate thinktank Ember. . ...Read More

• Crisis committee to meet on plans for coal plant life support

  20 Apr 2023

  Electricity minister’s proposal to extend the life of Eskom’s coal-fired plants could jeopardise SA’s ability to secure financing for its just energy transition . ...Read More

• Coal cap, record solar stabilise wholesale power prices

  20 Apr 2023

  The regulator expects no repeat of last year's wholesale energy price spike as record solar generation and controls on coal stabilise prices. . ...Read More

• Origin commits $600m for battery to replace coal plant

  20 Apr 2023

  Origin Energy will build a big battery on the site of Australia’s largest power plant, Eraring, as it prepares to exit coal-fired power. . ...Read More

• US Wind brings in Spain's Haizea for Sparrows Point Steel monopile maker in Maryland

  29 Mar 2023

  Maryland-based offshore wind developer US Wind has brought in Spanish foundation and tower maker Haizea Wind Group to manage its long-awaited Sparrows Point Steel manufacturing facility in Baltimore County. . ...Read More

• Edenville Energy Sees Reduced Washed Coal Production At Rukwa Project

  29 Mar 2023

  Edenville Energy PLC on Tuesday said it expects the production of washed coal to be reduced at its Rukwa coal project in Tanzania as long as seasonal rains continue. . ...Read More