Coal

Coal Trade

India's NTPC Plans No Coal Imports Again in 2021-22

India's biggest state-controlled power utility NTPC is not planning to seek new coal imports during the April 2021 to March 2022 financial year, given ample dom…

Coal Mine

New Elk Coal Commences Coal Mine Operations in Colorado

With all regulatory approvals in place, New Elk Coal has started production at its Weston, Colorado mine, and will be scaling up operations for the export of co…

Coal Trade

South Korean Coal Imports Drop in May

Competitive gas prices and coal-fired plant restrictions trimmed South Korean thermal coal imports on the year in May, although receipts from Australia are at a…

Energy Investment

Thailand Coal Power Company Acquires Solar Farms in Australia

The acquisition is part of the company’s commitment to greener energy.

Coal Mine

Vietnam’s May Coal Imports Decline

Vietnam's coal imports nearly halved in May from a year earlier, as a steady rise in hydropower and renewable energy output pressured coal burn.

Coal Mine

Vale to Pay US$2.5 billion to Acquire Coal Assets

With the settlement of the project finance, all conditions precedent for the completion of the transaction for the acquisition of Mitsui's stakes in the Moatize…

Coal Production

Chile, NE Asia Bolster Drummond's Coal Exports

A spike in Chilean demand and firm loadings for northeast Asia supported Colombian coal producer Drummond's thermal coal exports in May, company figures show.

Coal Production

Indian Coal Market Sees Growth Despite Global Challenges

India’s coal production is expected to grow from 777 Mt in 2020 to 827.8Mt in 2021, a 6.4% increase.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

G-7 to Put off Agreement on When to End Coal-Fired Power Generation

The Group of Seven leaders are making final arrangements to put off an agreement on the timing for ending coal-fired power generation despite a strong push from…

Coal Mine

Poland Plans to Close Europe's Most Polluting Power Plant by end 2036

PGE abandoned a plan to develop an open-pit lignite coal mine in Zloczew to fuel the Belchatow plant after concluding the project would be loss-making, the docu…

Coal Mine

Mon County Coal Mine Scheduled to Close in August

The former Blacksville No. 2 Mine in Monongalia County is scheduled to cease operations later this year, resulting in the layoffs of 180 workers.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Two Bulgarian Coal Power Plants to be Converted to Natural Gas, Hydrogen

The Varna thermal power plant has signed a contract to install two gas-fired combined cycle units with an installed capacity of 270 MW each, just a few weeks af…

Coal Production

Romania Commits to Phase Out Coal by 2032

Romania will exit coal by 2032 at the latest and pass a law by mid-2022 to address the closure of mines and adopt socio-economic measures to support coal commun…

Coal Trade

Australia Exports Record High Thermal Coal to India

Australia exported record high volumes of thermal coal to India in April, as changing trade flows reflect Beijing's ban on imports of Australian coal.

Nuclear Reactor

Bill Gates’ Terrapower to Build Reactor Demo Project in Wyoming

TerraPower, PacifiCorp and Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon have teamed up to install a Natrium reactor demonstration project at a retiring coal plant in Wyoming.