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• First Australian coal cargoes since end of ban to enter China in Feb

  31 Jan 2023

  SINGAPORE, Jan 30 (Reuters) - China is set to receive at least two cargoes of Australian coal in early February, according to traders and shiptracking data, the first since an unofficial ban on imports in place since 2020 was lifted earlier this month. . ...Read More

• Xinjiang increases coal output by 25% in 2022 to ensure energy supply

  30 Jan 2023

  URUMQI -- Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region posted strong growth in coal output in 2022 as it moved to ensure the country's energy supply. . ...Read More

• Govt asks utilities to not retire coal-fired power plants till 2030

  30 Jan 2023

  'It is advised to all power utilities not to retire any thermal units till 2030 and ensure availability of units after carrying out renovation and modernisation activities if required' . ...Read More

• Kyrgyzstan increases coal production in 9 months of 2022

  30 Jan 2023

  Kyrgyzstan | economy | January 30, 2023 / 10:23 AM. Kyrgyzstan increases coal production in 9 months of 2022. . ...Read More

• Indonesia sees record coal exports of more than 500 million tonnes in 2023

  30 Jan 2023

  JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia plans to produce 695 million tonnes of coal this year and sees exports of 518 million tonnes, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Arifin Tasrif said on Monday, a level that would mean record shipments out of the country. . ...Read More

• China Energy reportedly places order for Australian coal

  25 Jan 2023

  China unofficially banned the commodity after diplomatic relations with Australia broke down in 2020 over Covid-19 . ...Read More

• Christian Climate Action protests at coal giant's AGM

  25 Jan 2023

  We know that GCM is determined to build a huge coal mine in Bangladesh on agricultural land and the local people have made it clear that they don't want GCM there." Holly-Anna Petersen, 34, a mental health therapist and member of Christian Climate action (CCA), was speaking outside the London AGM on 18 January of GCM Resources, formerly Global Coal Management, which is planning to build a giant coal mine in Phulbari, Bangladesh. . ...Read More

• Column: North Asia cranks coal imports to fuel industrial reboot: Maguire

  25 Jan 2023

  LITTLETON, Colo. Jan 24 (Reuters) - Thermal coal imports into China, Japan and South Korea - three of the world's largest coal users - hit their highest combined total in 16 months in December as the North Asian manufacturing powerhouses primed their economies for growth in 2023. . ...Read More

• Mongolia vows to clean up coal trade after fury over China deals

  25 Jan 2023

  Mongolia’s government will auction coal on the stock exchange after scandal involving underground coal sales. . ...Read More

• Australia's Coronado Global sees coal prices rising as China resumes imports

  24 Jan 2023

  FILE PHOTO: Workers operate loaders unloading imported coal at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China December 5, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer . ...Read More

• UK's National Grid says back-up coal plants stood down for Monday evening

  24 Jan 2023

  Britain's National Grid has stood down plans to fire up coal plants on Monday evening which it had asked operators on Sunday to get ready in case high power demand meant they needed to provide extra electricity. . ...Read More

• UK Fires Up Coal Plants, Pays Customers to Cut Energy Use During Cold Snap

  24 Jan 2023

  Britain is warming up its coal power stations once again this winter as a cold snap and light winds have settled into the region. . ...Read More

• Coal India arm to set up Rs 12k cr power plant

  24 Jan 2023

  ODISHA: Coal India arm MCL is in the process of diversifying into power generation and will set up a coal-based plant entailing an investment of around Rs 12,000 crore in Odisha, its chairman-cum-managing director OP Singh said. . ...Read More

• MHI to investigate co-firing ammonia at coal-fired power plant in Thailand

  20 Jan 2023

  Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is set to conduct a feasibility study for the introduction of ammonia co-firing at a coal-fired thermal power plant in Thailand, in pursuit of decarbonising power production with hydrogen-based fuels. . ...Read More

• CAQM Asks Coal India To Stop Supply Haryana, UP Govt To Stop Supply

  20 Jan 2023

  It has advised Coal India and state governments of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to ensure that coal is not supplied or allotted by coal firms of CIL to various suppliers or stockists or agents of ClL operating in the NCR . ...Read More