Thermal coal

Coal Trade

China Turns to Australian and Russian Coal to Improve Quality of Its Own Fuel

China’s booming coal imports include more high-grade cargoes from Australia and Russia, as users offset the worsening quality of coal mined at home with f…

Thermal Coal

Switching From Coal to Nuclear Power Would Cost Australia $387 Billion, Modelling Says

Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas)New modelling shows using nuclear energy to replace Australia’s ageing coal-fir…

Coal Production

Australia's Nsw to Raise Coal Royalty Rates

Australia's New South Wales (NSW) state government will increase its coal royalty rate by 2.4 percentage points from 1 July next year.The flat rate increase…

Thermal Coal

Talks to Start On Extending Life of Biggest Coal Plant

The fate of the Eraring Power Station in NSW, which is set to shut in 2025, could be known today. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)The NSW government will enter talks wi…

Coal Production

Insight: Coal Miners Forced to Save for a Rainy Day by Insurance Snub

Load and haul operations at Thungela's thermal coal mining operation, Isibonelo Colliery (formerly Anglo American), in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa Mar…

Thermal Coal

Malaysia Eyes Green Hydrogen to Power Shift From Fossil Fuels

Malaysia aims to roll out a plan this year on harnessing green hydrogen, with an eye toward becoming a main export hub by 2027, according to Environment Ministe…

Thermal Coal

China Has Approved More Than 50 Gigawatts of New Coal Power

China’s coal output increased 9% to 4.5 billion tons last year.China approved more than 50 gigawatts of new coal power in the first half of 2023.The globa…

Thermal Coal

4 RER Power Plants Will Enter Commercial Operation Between 2023 and 2027

This Minem release was published using machine translation.The Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM) reported that there are currently 4 renewable energy power p…

Thermal Coal

TAKRAF Celebrates Delkor Coal Tailings Thickener Success

TAKRAF Australia has supplied, delivered, and commissioned a 30 m diameter DELKOR tailings thickener for the Moolarben coal handling and preparation plant (CHPP…

Thermal Coal

Boston Mayor Bans Fossil Fuels in New City-Owned Building Construction

In the latest push for her Green New Deal, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu signed an executive order that prohibits city-owned buildings from being constructed or reno…

Thermal Coal

Nevada Utility to Convert Last Coal-Fired Plant to Natural Gas

Image by Peter H from PixabayIn the US, Nevada’s largest utility plans to retire its last coal-fired plant by the end of 2025 and convert it to run on nat…

Thermal Coal

Power Ministry to Specify Methodology for Enhancing Coal Supply to Certain Coastal Plants

The issue relates to increasing the annual contracted quantity of coal supplied to thermal power plants on India’s coast who have inked their PPAs under S…

Thermal Plant

Delhi-NCR Power Plants Have to Blend Coal With a Minimum 5% Crop Residue Pellets

The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change in a notification on July 11 made the changes in a bid to regulate the utilisation of crop-residue by therm…

Coal Production

Vietnam's Coal Emissions Primed for Surge After Imports Jump: Maguire

Vietnam's thermal power emissions are primed for a steep climb this summer after the country's imports of thermal coal soared to their highest levels in…

Coal Production

Domestic Coal Supplies to Indian Utilities Fall in June

Domestic thermal coal supplies to Indian utilities fell on the year in June as heavy rains affected coal mining and logistical operations.Combined coal supplies…