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• South32 warns Port Kembla steelworks at risk without coal mine expansion under Sydney catchment

  26 Jul 2019

  Mining company South32 says if its proposed expansion on the New South Wales south coast does not ... . ...Read More

• Insurance giant Suncorp says it will no longer cover new thermal coal projects

  26 Jul 2019

  Australian insurance giant Suncorp will no longer invest in, finance or insure new thermal coal mi... . ...Read More

• Vietnam’s coal imports increases sharply by mid-July

  26 Jul 2019

  Việt Nam imported about 23 million tonnes of coal between the beginning of the year and July 15 ... . ...Read More

• Drilling activities in progress to assess Badin coal deposits

  25 Jul 2019

  Steady drilling activities are in progress to assess massive coal reserves identified by Geologica... . ...Read More

• Public sector companies to get more coal mines

  25 Jul 2019

  The Centre on Wednesday has formed a three-member committee chaired by the additional secretary in... . ...Read More

• Japan And Australia Launch An Experimental Coal To Hydrogen Export Industry

  25 Jul 2019

  Japan and Australia have taken their first steps to create new export industry which will convert ... . ...Read More

• Rare Earth Elements from coal mining could boost Appalachian region

  25 Jul 2019

  “So this is like standing on an old coal mine that potentially is now a gold mine, because o... . ...Read More

• Coal and metals miner BHP unveils $400m climate investment plan

  24 Jul 2019

  BHP Group has pledged to invest $400m in developing technologies to cut its greenhouse gas emissio... . ...Read More

• Coal Miners lobby for health at U.S. Capitol

  24 Jul 2019

  The Black Lung Fund could be in trouble. A 2018 Government Accountability Office report projects... . ...Read More

• Lawmakers OK tax break for struggling coal-fired power plant

  24 Jul 2019

  West Virginia lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved a bill to give a tax break to a struggling co... . ...Read More

• Japan to lose top LNG importer position to China by 2022

  23 Jul 2019

  Japan could lose its pole position as the world’s top LNG importer to China as early as 2022... . ...Read More

• No, natural gas is not as bad a coal: International Energy Agency

  23 Jul 2019

  A new special report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) on natural gas is poking a hole in t... . ...Read More

• Lawmakers advance another bill to prop up thermal coal

  23 Jul 2019

  A group of lawmakers voted Monday to cut $12.5 million from the state budget in the hopes of helpi... . ...Read More

• No more new coal boilers at Fonterra

  23 Jul 2019

  Fonterra says it will not install any more coal boilers or increase its capacity to burn coal. T... . ...Read More

• Death toll climbs to 15 after huge blast at gas plant in central China

  22 Jul 2019

  The death toll from a huge explosion that rocked a gas plant in central China has risen to 15, sta... . ...Read More