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Coal Mine

England's Last Coal Mine Closes Despite Demand for Almost 8m Tonnes of Coal a Year

The Bradley Mine in County Durham which produces 150,000 tonnes of coal a year is to end production after almost 200 years.

Coal Mine

India Approves 41 Coal Mines Amid Environmental Concerns

Opposition parties and civil groups in India have criticized the government’s proposed changes to the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), a legal framework th…

South Africa

The Future of South Africa’s Coal Industry is Not What it Used to be

The future of the once-booming South African coal industry is no longer what it used to be or, to use another well-known old saw, the ‘winds of change’ seem t…

Electricity Transmission

Mozambique: EDM to Review Transmission Integration Study

Energy developer Ncondezi Energy announced that it has submitted a power transmission integration study to Electricidad de Moçambique for its integrated 300MW …

Coal Mine

Deutsche Bank to End Lending for Coal Mining by 2025

Would not finance projects in the oil and gas sector that use hydraulic fracturing in countries with scarce water supplies, new projects in the Arctic region, a…

Coal Mine

Peabody Energy Writes Down Value of World's Largest Coal Mine by $1.42 billion

Coal giant Peabody Energy is writing down the value of its huge North Antelope Rochelle Mine in Wyoming by $1.42 billion.

Coal Trade

Indian Coal Mining Out of Bounds for Chinese Firms

A month after banning 59 Chinese apps and restricting Chinese firms from participating in bids for Indian government procurement.

Coal Mine

Poland Poised to Announce Major Coal Mine Closures

Poland’s biggest coal producer, state-run PGG, is likely to announce within days deep cuts in coal output and the closure of a number mines as part of a restru…

Coal Company

Coal Operator Rhino Resource Partners Files for Bankruptcy Protection

Rhino Resource Partners, one of the companies that purchased assets from bankrupt coal operator Blackjewel last year, has filed for bankruptcy protection.

Coal Mine

Colliery Can Now Work Through Loadshedding

South Africa's only anthracite coal mine, Zululand Anthracite Colliery in Ulundi, now has its own back-up generators to deal with loadshedding.

Coal Mine

Jellinbah Extends Lake Vermont Coking Coal Mine

Jellinbah, a private Australian coal producer, has signed a A $2.5bn contract.

Coal Mine

Wyoming Regulators Approve Coal Mine Construction, Permit

Environmental regulators have approved a construction of a coal mine in northern Wyoming, the state’s first new coal mine in almost half a century.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

China Mulls 1,100GW Coal Power Cap by End-2020

The country aims for peak CO2 reduction by around 2030 latest.

Coal Production

Explosion Disrupts Coal Mining at India's SCCL

Coal production at a key mine operated by India's state-owned coal producer Singareni Collieries has been impacted in the last two days following an explosion.

Coal Mine

AK Steel to Close Coking Coal Mine After No Buyer Found

Pennsylvania-based AK Coal Resources is closing over the next few months after a buyer did not come forward to take over the North Fork coking coal mine.