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• Duke Energy Kentucky June coal purchases jump 52.6% from May

  24 Aug 2021

  Coal purchases from Duke Energy Kentucky totaled 145,118 st in June, up 52.6% from May and 39.9% f... . ...Read More

• Climate change: Standard Chartered’s net-zero plan to include non-coal fossil fuel, heavy emitters, says CEO Bill Winters

  24 Aug 2021

    Standard Chartered plans to publish a comprehensive plan in October to press clients to t... . ...Read More

• China bulker pileup dwarfs California container-ship gridlock

  23 Aug 2021

  Container ships stuck at anchor off Los Angeles/Long Beach are grabbing the headlines — with... . ...Read More

• TerraCom extends Blair Athol mine-life, reports solid coal production and sales for July

  23 Aug 2021

  Queensland-based TerraCom (ASX: TER) has extended the life of its Blair Athol mine by 10 years, wh... . ...Read More

• Coal prices likely to stay up in medium-term

  23 Aug 2021

  The global price of coal has soared to more than $166 per metric tonne and in the medium-term, dem... . ...Read More

• Solar power in Australia outstrips coal-fired electricity for first time

  23 Aug 2021

  The national electricity market reached a new milestone on Sunday, with solar power outstripping e... . ...Read More

• Coal price rally seen to continue on robust China’s demand

  19 Aug 2021

  Coal prices have rallied in the past week as strong demand for the power-station fuel, particularl... . ...Read More

• China’s ETS on Path to Halve Carbon Emissions by 2060

  19 Aug 2021

  The success of China’s national emissions trading scheme depends on rapid extension beyond t... . ...Read More

• Australia’s Big 4 Banks To Stop Lending To Thermal Coal Mining & Coal Fired Power Plants

  19 Aug 2021

  Murdoch is upset — the major Australian banks will no longer lend money to the big carbon em... . ...Read More

• ‘Green steel’: Swedish company ships first batch made without using coal

  19 Aug 2021

  The world’s first customer delivery of “green steel” produced without using coal... . ...Read More

• Potential safety checks at Chinese coal mines may boost imports from Russia, Mongolia

  18 Aug 2021

  A highly likely round of safety inspections at China’s coal mines may worsen the already tig... . ...Read More

• Sumitomo to sell stake in Rolleston coal mine to Glencore

  18 Aug 2021

  Sumitomo Corp. has been engaged in thermal coal mining at the Rolleston coal mine in Queensland, A... . ...Read More

• Sri Lanka Pledges No New Coal, Makes Push Into Rooftop Solar

  18 Aug 2021

  In its latest climate plan, Sri Lanka is ruling out new coal power and aiming to reach 70 percent ... . ...Read More

• Eskom plans sharp reduction in coal-fired power by 2031

  18 Aug 2021

  Smoke rises from the Duvha coal-based power station owned by state power utility Eskom, in Mpumala... . ...Read More

• Putin orders to work out agreements on coal export eastward

  17 Aug 2021

  Russian President Vladimir Putin tasked the Cabinet in cooperation with the State Duma, the lower ... . ...Read More