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Billionaire Eddy Sugianto's Mandiri Services Wins $1.5 Billion Coal Transport Deal - Forbes
Forbes
The company—whose revenue increased 20% to 1.9 trillion rupiah ($117 million) last year—has several contracts with coal miners such as billionaire ...

New Federal Rule Tightens Black Lung Regulations, but Some States Make Diagnosis Harder
The Daily Yonder
It found “financial conflicts of interest that exist among doctors who review the chest X-rays of coal miners who file workers' compensation ...

West Virginia's Capito leads congressional challenge to EPA power plant rules - WV News
WV News
... Chris Hamilton. Hamilton. In 2022, coal-fired electric power plants accounted for 89% of West Virginia's total net generation of electricity ...

Dems float reviving coal health study scrapped by Trump - E&E News by POLITICO
E&E News
House Democrats on Wednesday unveiled legislation that would restart a long-stalled federal study looking at exactly how surface coal mining is ...

Coal industry a no-show at Campbell County event to rally against federal leasing ban
WyoFile
GILLETTE—The Biden administration's proposal to end federal coal leasing in the Powder River Basin will have “grave” and “drastic” consequences for ...

Lakeshore coal plant to get new life with clean energy, carbon capture
Crain's Grand Rapids Business
The owner of a 34-year-old coal plant near Manistee is moving forward with plans to power the facility with clean energy and install equipment ...

Colombia urges curbs on coal sales to Israel, Bloomberg News says - The Jerusalem Post
The Jerusalem Post
Colombia's trade ministry is recommending restrictions on coal sales to Israel, Bloomberg News said on Thursday, citing an internal document and a ...

GLOBALink | New energy revitalizes coal mining subsidence area in China's Datong-Xinhua
Xinhua
Datong is one of Shanxi Province's largest generators of renewable energy. Once heavily-reliant on coal mining, the city has ramped up efforts to ...

Rare-earth elements could be hidden inside coal mines | Live Science
Live Science
Male geologist holding a hammer examines a coal outcrop near Utah's old Star Point mine. Michael Vanden Berg, geologist with the Utah Geological ...

HSBC backs alternative way to clean up coal plants in Asia - Eco-Business
Eco-Business
A new whitepaper funded by the Asia-focused lender proposes retrofitting existing coal assets with viable clean technologies, like advanced ...

Can Hydrogen and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) help Decarbonize the coal power ...
Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
As the power sector is the largest GHG emitter, it is important to investigate the fuels used in this sector. In 2023, coal was the primary source ...

AsiaCoke 2024 - World Coal
World Coal
AsiaCoke 2024 will bring together the leading experts in coke coal and steel industry covering the latest market and trade outlook and technical ...

Opinion: Yes, carbon capture and storage is controversial—but it's going to be crucial
Phys.org
Carbon capture and storage can be added reasonably easily to existing infrastructure such as fossil fuel power plants, oil and gas fields and gas ...