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India Invokes Maximum Energy Output Law from Coal Plants

Feb 20, 2023 at 11:51 | Charles Kennedy

With India gearing up for massive power usage in the second quarter, the government will utilize an emergency law that will demand maximum output from power plants running…

India Plans To Double Domestic Coking Coal Output By 2030

Jan 25, 2023 at 09:11 | Metal Miner

  Via AG Metal Miner  For now, trade relations between Australia and China are sketchy at best. Therefore, Australia has started looking for…

Britain’s First New Coal Mine In 30 Years Draws Criticism From Environmentalists

Dec 16, 2022 at 08:17 | Felicity Bradstock

The U.K. has repeatedly stated that it will no longer use coal to generate electricity starting in 2024, a year earlier than originally planned, in a view to…

Indonesia’s Pivot Away From Coal Will Require Massive Investments

Oct 24, 2022 at 09:49 | Haley Zaremba

Getting Indonesia to kick its coal habit will be no easy feat. Not only does coal dominate the island nation’s energy mix, it is deeply…

Coal Is Staging A Major Comeback

Sep 15, 2022 at 10:42 | Felicity Bradstock

Despite big promises to move rapidly away from coal, the “dirtiest fossil fuel”, many countries around the world continue to rely heavily on…

Could Nuclear Power Help Poland Kick Coal?

Sep 15, 2022 at 09:05 | Haley Zaremba

3.8 million people in Poland depend on coal to keep their homes heated through harsh northern winters. Last month when the European Union slapped sanctions on Russian coal,…

Global Coal Market Receives A Boost From India

Sep 13, 2022 at 15:31 | Cyril Widdershoven

India’s energy sector will be needing an additional 28GW coal-fired power generation capacity by 2032, advisory body Central Electricity Authority (CEA) stated.

Hydropower Shortage In China Sends Coal Prices Higher

Sep 08, 2022 at 08:07 | Haley Zaremba

Times are tough in China’s Sichuan province. The landlocked province in southwestern China is in the midst of an extreme heat wave and resulting drought conditions ranging from…

Can South Africa Kick Its Coal Addiction?

Sep 07, 2022 at 08:35 | Felicity Bradstock

South Africa announced last week that it would be blocking a major oil project by Shell after a court banned the proposed oil exploration. Yet, despite South Africa’s…

Rise In Coal Use Sparks Resurgence In Deadly Mining Practices In Mexico

Sep 02, 2022 at 08:09 | Haley Zaremba

In a bid for greater financial equality paired with increased energy security, populist Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has worked to revive Mexico’s small-scale coal mining industry.…

U.S. Solar Bottlenecks Are Causing A Resurgence In Coal

Sep 02, 2022 at 07:50 | Haley Zaremba

For years, academics and journalists alike have been reporting the terminal decline of coal in the United States. In 2018

Anatomy Of A Trade: Knowing When You Are Wrong

Aug 26, 2022 at 11:23 | Editorial Dept

In the market analysis and financial punditry field where I live and work, admitting that you got something wrong or that a move took you completely by surprise is frowned…

Coal Consumption Was On The Rise Even Before The Ukraine War

Aug 15, 2022 at 10:00 | Robert Rapier

This article is the fifth in a series on the BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2022. The Review provides a comprehensive picture…

The EU Ban On Russian Coal Goes Into Effect At Midnight

Aug 10, 2022 at 08:57 | RFE/RL staff

An EU embargo on the import of Russian coal goes into effect on August 11 after a midnight deadline for the transition period agreed by bloc members four…

From Coal To Gas And Back: How Europe Is Easing Its Energy Crisis

Aug 09, 2022 at 09:43 | Alex Kimani

Last year in November, the UK, together with key partner Italy, hosted the COP26 climate summit, an event many believed to be the…

Kazakhstan To Slash Coal Exports Ahead Of Winter

Jul 29, 2022 at 11:20 | Eurasianet

Kazakhstan plans to ban the export of coal via road transportation for six months to avoid a repeat occurrence of the rush-buying-provoked shortage during last year’s heating season.…

Energy Market Madness Leads To Record-Breaking Coal Consumption

Jul 22, 2022 at 08:57 | ZeroHedge

Global coal-fired electricity generators are producing more power than ever before in response to booming electricity demand after the pandemic and the surging price of gas following Russia’s invasion of…

The World’s Largest Economies Are Ramping Up Coal Consumption

Jul 21, 2022 at 09:50 | Metal Miner

Despite the best efforts to the contrary, short-term global reliance on coal has only increased. The main reason is, of course, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Indeed, energy is…

Russia’s Coal Exports Are On The Rise As EU Ban Looms

Jul 06, 2022 at 09:41 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Russian seaborne coal exports are estimated to have increased since Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and the EU announcement it was banning Russian coal imports from August.   

Colombia Could Help Europe Ditch Russian Coal

Jun 24, 2022 at 10:08 | Global Risk Insights

Sanctions against Russia have intensified Europe’s search for alternative energy suppliers. One of them is Colombia whose President Duque seeks to take advantage of the country’s coal reservoirs.…

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