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• Port of Vancouver coal exports climb to four-month high in October 2020

  07 Jan 2021

  Coal exports out of the Port of Vancouver rose to a four-month high at 2.75 million mt in October ... . ...Read More

• China: Benchmark power coal price increases

  07 Jan 2021

  China’s benchmark power coal price increased faintly throughout the last week.   Th... . ...Read More

• Xcel Announces Plans To Shut Down Coal-Burning Plant In Hayden

  07 Jan 2021

  This week, Xcel Energy announced plans to permanently shut down the coal-burning Hayden Generating... . ...Read More

• Colombian coal exports fall to near 12-year low in November

  06 Jan 2021

  Colombian coal exports fell to a near 12-year low 2.02 million mt in November, down 40.6% from Oct... . ...Read More

• China’s seaborne met coal prices rise moderately

  06 Jan 2021

  Prices for most brands of seaborne metallurgical coal destined for China increased moderately duri... . ...Read More

• Korean conglomerate Hanwha Group makes first coal exit pledge of 2021

  06 Jan 2021

  South Korean conglomerate Hanwha Group has made the first corporate retreat from coal of 2021, wit... . ...Read More

• Cold shoulder to Australia creates ‘chaos’ in China coal market

  06 Jan 2021

  China's protectionist approach to coal supply has been complicated by an inconveniently-timed ... . ...Read More

• AEP consideration of retiring Marshall County coal plant continues trend, rouses both sides of debate over coal's future in WV

  05 Jan 2021

  There have been 10 conventional steam coal plants retired in West Virginia since 2005, and there a... . ...Read More

• State Court Knocks Down Lawsuits Challenging Richmond Coal Ordinance

  05 Jan 2021

  Last year, the City of Richmond passed an ordinance to phase out the storage and handling of coal ... . ...Read More

• Indonesia's Jan coal benchmark price at 19-month high - energy ministry

  05 Jan 2021

  Indonesia's monthly coal benchmark price (HBA) is set at $75.84 per tonne for January, up from... . ...Read More

• Electric utility AES to sell stake in coal-fired plant in Vietnam

  05 Jan 2021

  U.S. electric utility AES Corp said it would sell its equity interest in the Mong Duong 2 coal-fir... . ...Read More

• China's wintry cold lifts diesel use as factories buy generators

  04 Jan 2021

  A frigid winter is leading to power shortages in parts of China, driving up demand for diesel as f... . ...Read More

• Terrorists in Pakistan abduct and kill 11 coal miners from minority Shia Hazara community

  04 Jan 2021

  Terrorists in Pakistan on Sunday abducted and shot dead 11 coal miners from the Shia Hazara commun... . ...Read More

• Coal India Capex Utilisation Exceeds ₹ 8,000 Crore Till December

  04 Jan 2021

  Despite its cash-flow issues, Coal India has already spent over ₹ 8,000 crore as capital expendi... . ...Read More

• China Taiyuan coal transaction price index up

  04 Jan 2021

  China Taiyuan coal transaction price index stood at 136 points Monday, up 0.91 percent week on wee... . ...Read More