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Chinese thermal coal demand to fall with launch of new power transmission line
05 Jul 2019China’s thermal coal demand is likely to fall once the world’s longest ultra-high voltage transmission line is completed by the Asian country, market sources said Thursday.
China has l... Read More.
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Indonesia sets Jul HBA thermal coal price at $71.92/mt, down 12% on month
05 Jul 2019Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources set its July thermal coal reference price -- also known as Harga Batubara Acuan, or HBA -- at $71.92/mt, down 11.7% on the month and 31.3% on the ye... Read More.
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US May coal exports total 8.24 million mt, down 5.8% on year: Census
05 Jul 2019US coal exports totaled 8.24 million mt in May, up 9.7% from April but down 5.8% from the year-ago month, according to US Census data.
Exports recovered in May as tonnage began moving again on the... Read More.
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Owner of two Wyoming coal mines files for bankruptcy
02 Jul 2019In another sign of coal’s precipitous decline, the owner of two Wyoming mines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday in the Southern District of West Virginia, joining a growing list of coal companie... Read More.
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China Taiyuan coal transaction price index up 0.03 pct
02 Jul 2019China Taiyuan coal transaction price index stood at 139.78 points Monday, up 0.03 percent week on week.
The index, released by China Taiyuan Coal Transaction Center (CTCTC) based in Shanxi, a coal... Read More.
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Chile Presents a Coal Exit Plan
01 Jul 2019Chile, a country that relied on coal for about two-fifths of its power generation in 2016, in June announced it would mothball eight coal plants, totaling 23 GW, of its existing 28-plant coal fleet over th... Read More.
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Paris climate goals not enough, stop building new coal plants: Antonio Guterres
01 Jul 2019UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for immediate climate action to officials gathered in the United Arab Emirates. Guterres is calling on governments to stop building new coal plants by 2020, cut... Read More.
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U.S. natural gas prices hit by cool start to summer: Kemp
01 Jul 2019Relatively cool temperatures at the start of summer across the most densely populated parts of the United States have sent natural gas prices tumbling to their lowest level for three years, piling on the m... Read More.
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TVA turns to the sun, natural gas to replace aging coal plants; federal utility plots future with diverse portfolio, less carbon
28 Jun 2019The Tennessee Valley Authority was created 86 years ago to harness the power of the Tennessee River, but the federal utility will be looking to the sun for more of its power in the future as it continues t... Read More.
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Newcastle coal prices hover near 3-year lows
28 Jun 2019Asia’s benchmark coal price continues to hover close to its lowest level since May 2017 amid pressures including a trade dispute between the US and China, elevated supplies and limited demand in esta... Read More.
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China's ambition dealt blow ahead of G20 as Tanzania and Kenya projects grind to halt
28 Jun 2019The hopes of China’s president Xi Jinping to play a more assertive role on the world stage were under pressure on Thursday as he headed to the G20 summit amid a trade war with the US and blows to his... Read More.
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UK’s Goal of Net-Zero Carbon by 2050 Becomes Law
28 Jun 2019The United Kingdom’s goal to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 has now become law, making the UK the world’s first G7 country to establish this form of legally binding target, Reuters rep... Read More.
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China’s plan to help build Kenya’s first coal plant has been stopped—for now
27 Jun 2019The scheme to build Kenya and east Africa’s first coal plant has been stopped.
Kenyan judges at the National Environmental Tribunal on Tuesday (June 25) said officials had failed to conduct ... Read More.
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Bangladesh trebling its coal-fired power capacity
27 Jun 2019Such expansion is inconsistent with the Paris Agreement, a UN-led report cautions, sayingsolar energyhas the highest potential to deliver zero-carbon electricity
Bangladesh’... Read More.
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Japan's Waste-to-Power Fix for Asia Undercuts Lower Carbon Goals
27 Jun 2019A Japanese plan to burn waste to generate electricity may help nations overflowing with garbage, but it would also likely complicate global efforts to cut emissions to avoid catastrophic climate change.Read More.
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Duke Energy Indiana plans early retirement of 4,100 MW of coal capacity
25 Jun 2019Duke Energy Indiana has moved up the planned retirement dates of more than 4,100 MW of coal capacity.
The Duke Energy Corp. subsidiary in its proposed 20-year integrated resource plan forecasts th... Read More.
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Thousands of Climate Activists Block German Coal Mining Operation
25 Jun 2019Hundreds of activists entered and occupied an open-pit coal mine in the western Rhineland region of Germany Saturday to protest Europe’s dependency on fossil fuels amid the mounting climate crisis. T... Read More.
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Coal addicts: G20 governments have doubled support for coal power plants, report finds
25 Jun 2019G20 governments more than doubled their support for coal power plants between 2014 and 2017, with their overall backing for coal power currently totalling $64bn a year
The governments of G20 natio... Read More.
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China’s May thermal coal import rises 35% on year as market activity picks up: GAC
25 Jun 2019China imported 20.68 million mt of thermal coal in May, up by about 19.3% from April and 34.8% from a year ago, according to the coal import data released by the General Administration of Customs on Sunday... Read More.
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Analysts say US coal merger not anti-competitive
24 Jun 2019They said this was a result of radical changes in US energy markets, due to hydraulic fracking (gas) and advances in technology.Peabody (NYSE: BTU) and Arch (NYSE: ARCH)... Read More.