Coal

Coal Production

As Coal Shortage Widens, Govt Directs Gencos to Import at 4% Till March 2024

The Power Ministry has directed domestic coal based (DCB) plants to import 4 per cent coal by weight till March 2024 as the gap between consumption and receipt …

Coal Production

India Steps up Coal Use to Stop Outages Triggered by Unusually Dry Weather

Workers unload coal from a supply truck at a yard on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India October 12, 2021. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsIn…

Coal Production

Indian Coal Producing State Signs Mou to Create Hydrogen Fuel Industry

The Jharkhand government has signed a deal with TGESPL to transition into green energy.The Indian state of Jharkand, which is the subcontinent’s largest c…

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…

Coal Production

AI's Potential Role in the Coal Industry

Stock ImageIn this thought-provoking interview, we delve into the intriguing realm of artificial intelligence and its potential to reshape the landscape of coal…

Coal Production

Poland Keeps Coal Exit Target as Top Utility Seeks Quicker Carbon Neutrality

Smoke and steam billow from Belchatow Power Station, Europe's largest coal-fired power plant powered by lignite, in Zlobnica, Poland October 20, 2022. REUTE…

Coal Production

Still Enormous Coal Use & Growth in China & India

The World Coal Association recently published a chart on Linkedin showing very graphically how China’s coal consumption dominates the world’s CO2 em…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

New Coating for Coal-Fired Power Generation Systems Could Save 460 Million Tonnes of CO2 Annually

Castle Gate coal-fired power plant near Helper, Utah. (Image by David Jolley, Wikimedia Commons.)Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign deve…

Coal Mine

Private Credit Funds Mull Jumbo Loan for Australian Coal Mines

Blackwater coal mine in Queensland. Credit: BHPPrivate credit funds are considering jumbo loans to help finance bids for coal mines that BHP Group Ltd. is seeki…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

China Has 243 GW of New Coal Power Approved or Under Construction: Research

China currently has 243 gigawatts (GW) of coal-fired power either approved or under construction, enough to power the whole of Germany, with local governments s…

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…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Column: India's Massive Renewables Deployment Helps Meet Record Power Demand

FILE PHOTO: Workers clean panels at a solar park in Modhera, India's first round-the-clock solar-powered village, in the western state of Gujarat, India, Oc…

Coal Production

Four Killed in Vietnam Coal Mine Collapse

Coal mine. (Reference image from Pxfuel.)Four people have been killed in a collapse in a coal mine in Vietnam’s mining centre of Quang Ninh, the state-run…

United States

Maine Weighs Plans to Restrict Gas-Powered Vehicles

(The Center Square) — Maine is being urged to join a handful of states in banning the sale of new fossil fuel-powered vehicles, but critics say the move would …

Coal Production

JSW Steel May Buy Up to 40% Stake in Canada's Teck Resources' Coal Unit: Report

JSW Steel Ltd is planning to pick up 20 per cent to 40 per cent stake in Elk Valley Resources Ltd — a metallurgical coal unit of Teck Resources. JSW Steel Chai…