Coal

OPEC

Opec+ Might not Meet Until August: Saudi Oil Minister

Saudi Arabia's oil minister Abdulaziz bin Salman has conceded the Opec+ coalition's next meeting could take place no sooner than August, as an ongoing clash wit…

Coal Mine

Video: The Reinvention of the Last Coal Mine in Beijing

Datai, in southwest Beijing's Mentougou District, was the last coal mine to be shut down in the capital.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

AES Speeds up Chile Coal Power Retirements

US utility AES is accelerating the shutdown of 1,097MW of coal-fired power generating units in Chile, in line with the greening of its corporate strategy and th…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

U.S. Coal-Fired Power Generation Continues to Rise

The weather in some parts of the United States continued to be hot and dry, nuclear power and hydropower production capacity remained low, and U.S. coal-fired p…

Coal Trade

South African Coal Export Rail Line Partially Reopens

One of the main coal export rail lines to South Africa's Richards Bay Coal Terminal has partially reopened following a 31-car derailment on 3 July, but the othe…

Coal Production

India's Coal Production Drops Marginally by 2% to 716 million Tonnes in FY'21

India's total coal production registered a marginal decline of 2.02 per cent to 716.084 million tonnes during the last fiscal year

Pumped Storage

Pumped Hydro Boost Follows “Battery Blitz” As State Responds to Callide Coal Explosion

The Queensland state government has announced a major upgrade to the state’s biggest pumped hydro generator in yet another boost to energy storage following th…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Firms from China, Poland Ink Deal for Ugljevik 3 Coal Plant in BiH

Environmentalist groups demanded from the Republic of Srpska to scrap Comsar’s concession for coal-fired power plant project Ugljevik 3 after two previously un…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

UK's Coal-Fired Electricity Ban Officially Brought Forward to 2024

From 1 October 2024 - one year earlier than originally planned - coal-fired electricity generation will be banned in the UK.

Coal Trade

Australia Sees Stronger Coking Coal Exports

Seaborne metallurgical coal supply chains have largely reorganised in response to Beijing's ban on Australian coal imports, paving the way for increasing Austra…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Bangladesh Scraps Plans to Build 10 Coal-Fired Power Plants

Bangladesh has cancelled plans to build 10 coal-fired power plants, a government official said on Monday, amid rising costs for the fuel and increasing calls fr…

Market Analysis

Consumers Energy to Quit Coal by 2025, Speeding Closure of Five Units

Michigan’s largest energy provider Consumers Energy will stop using coal as a fuel source for power generation within the next four years—15 years earlier tha…

Crude Oil

Opec+ Leaves 500,000 b/d August Output Rise on Table

Shrinking OECD inventories and rising global crude prices could lead the Opec+ coalition to consider a 500,000 b/d production rise when it irons out its August …

Coal Production

Adani's Australian Business Bravus Strikes Coal at Carmichael Project

Bravus Mining and Resources CEO David Boshoff said it was an exciting day for 2,600-plus people on the project, a day that has been in the making for over a dec…

Energy Transition

Japan Pledges $10 billion Financial Support for Asia’s Energy Transition

Japan on Monday pledged to offer $10 billion financial aid for decarbonisation projects in Asia, such as renewable energy, energy-saving and conversion to gas-f…