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• Government offers Coal India flexibility to levy mine closure costs

  30 Nov 2022

  Coal India had closed underground mines for reasons of inviability in the past, but with the implementation of technology, these mines may be revived. As a result of unprecedented demand for coal, the world's largest miner is actively considering reviving some discontinued mines. . ...Read More

• Global Steel Output Continues to Drop

  28 Nov 2022

  Steelmakers worldwide are cutting output in an apparent effort to avoid surplus inventories once steel demand recovers from the effects of inflation, tight money supplies, war, and other factors. . ...Read More

• Mining Coal in Your Garden Is a Lucrative Business in Poland

  28 Nov 2022

  JP Joule and Trina Solar have finished building a 170 MW solar project on a former lignite opencast mine in Brandenburg, Germany. . ...Read More

• Liberal eligibility key criteria in largest commercial coal mines auction

  28 Nov 2022

  The Centre is hoping to entice interest from a variety of sectors beyond the core infrastructure . ...Read More

• Some Queensland coal mines to trade beyond 2050 net-zero target

  28 Nov 2022

  It has been revealed 12 coal mines across Queensland are expected to continue operating beyond the 2050 net-zero target. . ...Read More

• Thungela Consolidates 100% Stake in Anglo American Inyosi Coal

  25 Nov 2022

  11/24 ASIACOPPERWEEK-Freeport settles six-year high copper charges for 2023 with Chinese smel.. . ...Read More

• Asia-Pacific coal prices climb 8% amid supply limitations

  25 Nov 2022

  (Montel) Asia-Pacific benchmark coal prices rose 8% over the past week as ongoing limitations to Australian coal exports coincided with enduring global demand for the fuel, participants said on Thursday. . ...Read More

• China’s Record Coal Output to Weigh on Prices Amid Weak Demand

  25 Nov 2022

  (Bloomberg) — China’s coal production is set to climb for the sixth year in a row, reaching a new record, as the Beijing government acts to ensure supplies in the top miner and consumer of the fuel, spurring further declines in prices. . ...Read More

• S.Korea to cut coal's share of energy usage to under 20% by 2030

  25 Nov 2022

  The draft of the Korean government's 10th Basic Plan for Electricity Supply and Demand contains a clause on reducing coal generation's share of nationwide energy usage to below 20% by 2030, . ...Read More

• Bulgarian coal miner Mini Maritsa Iztok's 9-mo net profit rises sixfold

  24 Nov 2022

  SOFIA (Bulgaria), November 23 (SeeNews) - Bulgarian coal mining company Mini Maritsa Iztok reported a rise in its unaudited net profit to 60.02 million levs in the first nine months of 2022, from 10.5 million levs in the same period of 2021. . ...Read More

• Germany plans 33% windfall tax on gas, coal and oil firms

  24 Nov 2022

  BERLIN (Reuters) -The German government plans to introduce a special levy to skim off 33% of windfall profits made by oil, coal and gas companies, which could generate revenue of between one and three billion euros, finance ministry sources told Reuters. . ...Read More

• Railways eyes Rs 94k cr coal connecting projects as part of Energy Corridor

  24 Nov 2022

  The Ministry of Railways, as part of its ambitious energy corridor programme, is likely to sanction 107 coal-connectivity projects worth Rs 94,153 crore soon, . ...Read More

• Bankers pour cold water on red hot coal

  24 Nov 2022

  LONDON (Reuters) - It's the best of times, it's the worst of times. At least when it comes to mining coal . ...Read More

• China Scores Some Climate Wins, But Energy Demand Growth a Risk

  23 Nov 2022

  China’s clean power and electric vehicle sectors are on track to meet ambitious climate targets, but rapid energy demand growth and continued coal investments risk derailing the progress. . ...Read More

• EU coal prices surge as Colombia rail blockade halts exports

  23 Nov 2022

  (Montel) Coal exports by one of Colombia’s largest producers, Cerrejon, have ground to a halt amid an ongoing rail blockade, which has driven up European coal prices, market participants said on Tuesday. . ...Read More