Coal mine

Pumped Storage

Australian Coal Mine to Transform into Pumped Hydro Facility

Australian utility AGL is transforming its operations in a number of ways, from restructuring the company itself, to building energy storage facilities for flex…

Coal Mine

Trafo Power Solutions Supplies Transformers to South African Coal Mine

Trafo Power Solutions has customised two dry-type transformers for a coal mine in South Africa’s Limpopo province, allowing the units to be fitted into existin…

Coal Mine

Vietnam's Coal Imports Rebound in March

Vietnamese coal imports in March slipped for the fourth straight month from a year earlier, although they more than doubled from the previous month with the con…

Coal Mine

Australia’s Queensland Coal Exports Hit Four-Year Low

Shipments from the four largest coal export ports in Australia's Queensland state were at the lowest level in four years on an average daily basis in March, ent…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Ireland’s Last Coal Mine to be a Green Energy Hub

Ireland Government’s ambition is to reach net zero emissions by 2050.

Coal Mine

Sibanthracite Increased Volume of Mining Output in Q1 by 17%

In the first quarter of 2021, the Sibanthracite Group’s production volume amounted to 4,839,000 tonnes, of which 2,917,000 was UHG anthracite, and 1,922,000 wa…

Coal Production

India to Double Down on Coal Projects Amid Climate Warnings

India has set in motion the biggest ever auction of coal mines in the country despite the fossil fuel’s key role in contributing to global warming.

Coal Mine

New Coalfield Discovered in North Korea

A coalfield with an estimated deposit of dozens of millions of tons has recently been found in the northern part of South Phyongan Province in the Democratic Pe…

Coal Production

India to Enhance Coal Output

To enhance coal production and reduce imports, Coal India Ltd has identified 15 new projects with a capacity to produce 160 million tpy.

Coal Mine

Video: Plan for UK's First Deep Coal Mine in 30 Years to be Reviewed

​Plans in the UK to build the first new deep coal mine in 30 years have brought criticism from climate-change activists.

Thermal Coal

Indonesia's Salim Plans Australian Coal Mine Growth

The Indonesian owners of Australia's 8mn t/yr Mount Pleasant high-grade thermal coal mine in New South Wales have applied to expand the mine to 17mn t/yr and ex…

Coal Mine

Plans for UK Coal Mine Suspended After Criticism of Net Zero Commitment

Plans to build the UK’s first deep coal mine in 30 years have been suspended after the UK government was accused of “rank hypocrisy” for greenlighting the pr…

Coal Company

VGK Reaches 60% Digitalisation

Vostochnaya Mining Co. has converted 60% of production processes having implemented the main stage of work, the key goal of which is to combine the assets of VG…

Coal Mine

China: Shanxi Shuts 163 Coal Mines

Shanxi, a main coal-producing area in north China, has closed 163 coal mines and abolished 146.05 million tons of yearly coal manufacture capacity over the last…

Coal Production

China Coal Output Hits Snags as Harsh Winter Begins

The Chinese central government's efforts to raise domestic coal output are facing further bureaucratic setbacks even as a nationwide "super cold snap" threatens…