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• Bulgarian coal-fired power station breaks ground on 100-MW solar park

  15 Feb 2023

  Bulgaria’s Bobov Dol Thermal Power Plant, or TPP Bobov dol, on Monday broke ground on a 100-MW photovoltaic (PV) park which will be built in an area that previously served for ash disposal from the coal-fired power station. . ...Read More

• Tangedco forms coal quality assurance wing at collieries and thermal plants

  15 Feb 2023

  Chennai: In order to comply with the recommendations of a Comptroller Audit General (CAG) report, Tangedco, has formed a full fledged coal quality assurance wing to assess coal quality at collieries and thermal plants. . ...Read More

• China Thermal Coal Hits One-Year Low on Slow Industrial Recovery

  15 Feb 2023

  China’s thermal coal price plunged to the lowest in a year, weighed down by high inventories amid weak demand and Beijing’s focus on energy security. . ...Read More

• Pakistan plans to quadruple domestic coal-fired power, move away from gas

  14 Feb 2023

  Pakistan plans to quadruple its domestic coal-fired capacity to reduce power generation costs and will not build new gas-fired plants in the coming years, its energy minister told Reuters on Monday, as it seeks to ease a crippling foreign-exchange crisis. . ...Read More

• Pakistan plans to quadruple domestic coal-fired power, move away from gas

  14 Feb 2023

  Pakistan plans to quadruple its domestic coal-fired capacity to reduce power generation costs and will not build new gas-fired plants in the coming years, its energy minister told Reuters on Monday, as it seeks to ease a crippling foreign-exchange crisis. . ...Read More

• China Shenhua Energy : Daliuta Coal Mine Gains New Steam as Belt Conveyors Become Smart

  14 Feb 2023

  Daliuta Coal Mine Gains New Steam as Belt Conveyors Become Smart . ...Read More

• IIT-Kanpur develops tech to revolutionize transportation of coal and minerals

  14 Feb 2023

  KANPUR: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has made a significant contribution to the field of transportation with its innovative compressed air-based pipeline system for coal and mineral transportation. . ...Read More

• Top Thai Coal Producer to Boost US Shale Gas Investments

  14 Feb 2023

  • Banpu seeks US deals as it aims to reduce its reliance on coal . ...Read More

• Coal demand estimated to reach 1,087 million tonnes in current fiscal year

  09 Feb 2023

  Demand for coal is estimated to reach 1,087 million tonne in the ongoing financial year, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. . ...Read More

• Australia environment minister blocks coal mine 10 kilometres from Great Barrier Reef

  09 Feb 2023

  Australian Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek Wednesday refused an application from mining magnate Clive Palmer to build an open cut coal mine ten kilometres from the world heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef. The refusal marks the first time that Australian authorities have blocked a coal mine under the Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act. . ...Read More

• China’s Coal Squeeze Puts $2 Billion Chemicals Project on Ice

  09 Feb 2023

  • • Yitai’s facility didn’t benefit from measures to cool prices . ...Read More

• Slow 2023 start for Australia's Queensland coal exports

  09 Feb 2023

  Shipments from the four key Queensland coal ports fell to a six-month low in January and are set to fall further in February on the impacts of flooding and a train derailment. . ...Read More

• Coal India Q3 net rises 69%

  01 Feb 2023

  Kolkata: Coal India’s (CIL) profit after tax (PAT) during the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal rose 69% to Rs 7,719 crore from Rs 4,557 crore in the year-ago period. The steep rise in profit came on the back of higher add-on over-the-notified price in e-auction sale of 14.6 million tonne (MT) coal during Q3 of 2022-23. . ...Read More

• Economic Survey 2022-23: Production of coal to cross 900 million tonnes next financial year

  01 Feb 2023

  Coal production for the next financial year (2023-24) is estimated to increase to 911 million tonnes, about 17 per cent higher than the previous year, according to the Economic Survey 2022-2023. . ...Read More

• US renewable energy farms outstrip 99% of coal plants economically

  01 Feb 2023

  Coal in the US is now being economically outmatched by renewables to such an extent that it’s more expensive for 99% of the country’s coal-fired power plants to keep running than it is to build an entirely new solar or wind energy operation nearby, a new analysis has found. . ...Read More