Coal

Coal Trade

China Imported 18.676 Million Tons of Coal in September

China imported 18.676 million tons of coal in September 2020, a decrease of 11.612 million tons or 38.34% from 30.288 million tons in the same period last year.

Coal Trade

China’s Australian Coal Clampdown Chills Import Demand

Most large Chinese coal importers have suspended purchases of Australian thermal coal after the government issued verbal warnings to some companies to halt buyi…

Coal Trade

Rystad: Bangladesh to Scale Back Coal

Bangladesh’s 2016 energy plan showed some 20 GW of coal power capacity to be developed in the next two decades.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Japan’s Mitsui Plans to Divest Stakes in Coal-Fired Plants

Japanese firm Mitsui & Co reportedly plans to sell its remaining stakes in coal-fired power stations by 2030.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Indonesia: Civil Construction of 2×350MW Coal-Fired Power Station Started Smoothly

The civil construction of the Indonesian 2×350MW coal-fired power station overseas general contract project jointly undertaken by Northwest Thermal Power and S…

Coal Production

NTPC’s Coal Operations at Hazaribagh Completely Halted

India’s largest power producer NTPC Ltd has suffered an estimated production loss of 900,000 tonne of coal in September as operations at the company’s Pakri-B…

Coal Production

S. Korea's Coal Use for Power Generation Dips 7% in 2019

South Korea's coal consumption for electricity generation decreased 7 percent in 2019 from a year earlier due to its efforts to cut carbon emissions.

Coal Price

South Korea’s Coal Prices Rise with Regional Strength

Tighter fundamentals in the Asia-Pacific region and firmer freight rates supported South Korean coal prices this week, despite a weak outlook for winter coal bu…

Coal Trade

US Coking Coal Exports to Asia Fall Sharply in August

US coking coal exports declined by nearly 40pc year on year to 2.64mn t in August, driven by a significant fall in shipments to Japan and India.

Coal Trade

Chinese Mills Warn of Australia Coal Import Ban

China has told some of its state-owned steelmakers and power plants to stop importing Australian coals with immediate effect, injecting more uncertainty into it…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Coal Power Generation Market to Reach 2626.7 GW By 2027

According to Coherent Market Insight, the global coal fired generation market is estimated to account for 2057.6 GW in terms of volume by the end of 2027.

Coal Production

China's Shanxi to Merge Local Coal Producers

China's biggest coal-producing province Shanxi is merging some of its largest state-controlled coal companies to consolidate operations and boost efficiency.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

India Considers Replacing Retiring Coal Plants with Renewables

India Power Minister RK Singh has said the government has considered retiring coal-fired power plants in favour of renewable generation.

Coal Production

Coal India Production up 32 % at 40.51 Million Tonnes in September

State-owned CIL on Thursday said it produced 40.51 million tonnes of coal in September, registering a growth of 31.6 per cent over the same month last year.

South Korea

Recovering Nuclear to Cut South Korean 4Q Coal Burn

Unplanned nuclear outages in South Korea have increased the country's reliance on coal and gas-fired power generation this month.