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• DTE Energy officially retires two coal plants

  15 Dec 2022

  DTE Energy announced the retirement of two coal-fired power plants in Southeast Michigan as part of a long-term plan to accelerate decarbonization goals. . ...Read More

• EU SECOND LARGEST IMPORTER OF SOUTH AFRICAN COAL

  15 Dec 2022

  In the first three quarters of this year, South African coal exports to Europe amounted to 9.6mt (million tonnes), up a staggering 528% year-on-year. . ...Read More

• Rich nations mobilise $15.5bn for Vietnam’s coal-to-clean transition

  15 Dec 2022

  A railway coal depot in northern Vietnam (Pic: Flickr/garycycles8) . ...Read More

• China's daily coal output hits record high in November to meet heating demand

  15 Dec 2022

  An aerial view shows machinery working in an open-pit coal mine in Ejin Horo Banner, Ordos, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China, October 19, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. China Daily via REUTERS . ...Read More

• U.S. Coal Exports To Europe Up 46% By Weight, 184% By Value

  14 Dec 2022

  Coal was the nation's fourth-ranked export by tonnage in the month of October, trailing three other ... [+] . ...Read More

• After 8 years, PSPCL to get coal from its mine in Pachwara

  14 Dec 2022

  After a gap of eight years, Punjab will receive the first railway rake of coal from the Pachwara coal mine which was allotted by the Union government to the state. . ...Read More

• Teck Resources to use profits from coal to fund expansion of copper mining capabilities

  14 Dec 2022

  Teck Resources Ltd.’s new chief aims to leverage his company’s booming coal business to get bigger in copper and become a “significant” miner of the metal behind the global energy transition. . ...Read More

• India's solar boom reverses gas momentum, cements coal use

  14 Dec 2022

  Solar's share of the country's electricity generation mix has more than doubled since 2019 . ...Read More

• Mitsubishi studying ammonia co-firing at coal plant

  13 Dec 2022

  Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Guacolda Energía SpA, an independent power producer (IPP) in Chile, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to begin a feasibility study for the introduction of ammonia co-firing at a coal-fired thermal power plant in Huasco, Atacama Region. (Image: MHI) . ...Read More

• 2023 Seaborne Coal Imports Could Add Pressure on the Dry Bulk Market

  13 Dec 2022

  Demand for seaborne coal cargoes could take a hit during 2023, exerting pressure on the dry bulk market as a whole. In its latest weekly report, . ...Read More

• Coal base ramps up energy supply for winter needs

  13 Dec 2022

  HOHHOT — The Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China's leading producer of coal, has increased production to meet heating needs as cold waves send temperatures plunging across the country. . ...Read More

• By 2025, renewables to beat coal as world's top energy source: IEA

  13 Dec 2022

  The energy crisis stoked by the Russia-Ukraine war has aggravated the global push towards renewable sources of energy, such as wind and solar. . ...Read More

• S.Africa's Thungela expects coal prices to double annual profit

  09 Dec 2022

  In a trading update, Thungela said its headline earnings per share (HEPS) - the most common profit measure in South Africa - is expected to be at least 131 rand ($7.65) in the year to December 2022, 97 per cent higher than last year's 66.57 rand. . ...Read More

• G7 Upgrade $15bn Coal Transition Deal Offer to Vietnam

  09 Dec 2022

  Talks with Vietnam, which is among the world’s top 20 coal users, were broken off ahead of last month’s COP27 climate summit . ...Read More

• Coal-based power plant capacity of 25,580 MW under construction

  09 Dec 2022

  Electricity demand projected to grow at a CAGR of 6.67 per cent . ...Read More