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• Germany returns to coal as energy crisis overpowers climate targets

  22 Dec 2022

  Europe's largest economy is burning the fossil fuel for electricity at the fastest pace in at least six years . ...Read More

• Railways coal loading averaged 497 rakes/day in FY23 so far

  22 Dec 2022

  Indian Railways’ coal loading averaged 496 rakes per day so far in the current calendar year (April to December 14), up 14.1 per cent compared to the year-ago period, Parliament was informed . ...Read More

• Australia’s Malabar awards Maxwell coal mine contract

  22 Dec 2022

  Australian coal firm Malabar Resources has awarded the access mining contract for its Maxwell underground coking and thermal coal mine in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales (NSW) to Australia-based Metarock subsidiary Pybar Mining Services. . ...Read More

• China’s abrupt COVID-19 shift hits supply chains from solar to coal

  22 Dec 2022

  China’s reopening is disrupting energy markets as the abrupt shift from Covid Zero shutters industry and upends the usual flow of commodities. . ...Read More

• Hong Kong firm to supply biocoal to power plants, households as alternative energy source amid stubborn demand, high prices for fossil fuels

  21 Dec 2022

  • Company started producing bio coal in November and aims to raise its capacity from 300,000 tonnes annually to 5 million by 2027 . ...Read More

• SCCL signs MoU with Damodar Valley Corporation for coal purchase from Naini block

  21 Dec 2022

  Damodar Valley Corporation, a leading thermal power producer from Jharkhand, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to purchase 43 lakh tonnes of coal per annum from the Singareni Naini coal block. . ...Read More

• China-backed 700MW coal power station online: HSPGC

  21 Dec 2022

  A coal-fired power plant in Preah Sihanouk province’s Stung Hav district in 2014. Heng Chivoan . ...Read More

• Indonesia to produce nearly 700 mn ton of coal in 2023

  21 Dec 2022

  "As we know that in 2022, we targeted to produce 663 million ton, and up to now the production has reached 94.6 per cent, or around 627 million ton. . ...Read More

• Nova Scotia industrial approval renewed for Donkin mine

  20 Dec 2022

  The Province of Nova Scotia has approved a request from Kameron Coal Management Ltd to renew its industrial approval for the Donkin Mine in Cape Breton. . ...Read More

• Singareni to expedite coal production to meet annual target

  20 Dec 2022

  In the last 18 days, an average of 2.15 lakh tonnes of coal was produced and the same amount of coal was transported, and an overburden extraction of 15.4 lakh cubic meters was also removed in a record time. . ...Read More

• How the energy crisis in Europe is affecting coal

  20 Dec 2022

  The turning off of Russian gas taps has sent Europe into the arms of coal. . ...Read More

• Govt extends deadline for bidding in commercial coal mines' auction till Jan 13

  20 Dec 2022

  The biggest tranche of 141 mines covering eleven coal-bearing states are being offered in the sixth round of commercial coal mine auction . ...Read More

• Global coal use hits all-time high: report

  19 Dec 2022

  Global coal usage has reached an all-time high in 2022 amid the disruption of traditional trade flows, soaring costs and increased demand, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). . ...Read More

• Coal exports overtake iron ore as energy crisis ignites prices

  19 Dec 2022

  However, the longer-term outlook for Australia’s coal industry remains deeply uncertain. Power generation from renewable energy continues to rise, . ...Read More

• New era to set Up $2.5 billion coal gasification plant

  19 Dec 2022

  The three, along with some other domestic and international investors, are setting up a 5-million metric tonnes per annum (mmtpa) coal gasification project in Chandrapur, Maharashtra, at an investment of $2.5 billion under New Era Cleantech Solution. . ...Read More