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• 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

• Coal is here to stay despite India's ambitious RE goals

  19 Dec 2022

  The IEA expects India's coal demand to rise steadily to 1,220MT in 2025, with 92% of this going into electricity generation . ...Read More

• India imports 1,116 million tonnes of coal in past 5 years

  16 Dec 2022

  India has been facing a coal shortage, which led to power outages in many states during the peak of summer in the past two years. . ...Read More

• Loans of Rs 7.62 lakh cr provided to thermal power plants in India: Report

  16 Dec 2022

  The report, The Coal Tail: Tracking Investments in Coal fired Thermal Power Plants in India, by the Centre for Financial Accountability comes at the heels of COP27, which concluded on November 20 in Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt, where India announced its Long-Term Low Emissions and Development Strategies. . ...Read More