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Court rejects Montana coal mine expansion
Billings Gazette
“They let the coal industry maintain its momentum, which they started to diminish obviously under the Obama administration. But they certainly gave ...

$1.8 billion in losses, 2000 jobs cut. St. Louis coal giant Peabody reports red ink, again
STLtoday.com
“To Peabody and the coal industry, in particular, it was no different.” Cheap natural gas and renewable energy have besieged the coal industry for ...

Environmental concerns spur Asia to reduce reliance on coal
Lexology
This, of course, makes it more challenging for companies in the thermal coal industry to fund their operations. In East and Southeast Asia, the world's ...

Global Clean Fine Coal Market 2021 Industry Challenges, Key Vendors, Drivers, Trends And ...
The Bisouv Network
Clean Fine Coal Industry look into report is a in-depth analysis of current (Post COVID-19 Impact Analysis) situation of the market, which covers a few ...

Decker coal mine ceases mining, disputes employee benefits
Billings Gazette
A Powder River Basin coal mine has closed down for the first time in modern history. At the end of January, Decker Coal ceased mining in Montana ...

Judge orders US officials to weigh coal mine's climate costs
KULR-TV
(AP) — A judge says U.S officials downplayed climate change impacts and other environmental costs from the expansion of a massive coal mine near ...

CPS Energy lays out cost of coal-less future
San Antonio Business Journal
CPS Energy customers could spend an average of $144 per year replacing the city's last coal plant with renewable energy, but keeping the plant ...

Glencore to return Prodeco's coal mining contracts to Colombia
ETEnergyworld.com
The ministry of mines and energy in Colombia - which is the world's fifth-largest coal exporter - estimates national coal output dropped 30% in 2020 to ...

World's largest battery to be built in Australia coal-mining hub
The Straits Times
Big batteries "will play a major role in filling the gaps left by the gradual retirement of coal and gas-fired generation assets", chairman Morris Iemma ...

One year later: Duke Energy's retirement of Lake Julian coal plant
WLOS
It fully replaced the 344 megawatt Asheville coal plant, which the company is still in the process of demolishing. The new plant is a 560 megawatt plant ...

Heartland coal production in decline
KFVS
CARBONDALE, Ill. (KFVS) -Coal is apart of Southern Illinois culture. According to the Illinois State Geological Survey, the state has been mining since ...

Pakistan coal miners relucant to work after Hazara killings
Yahoo News Australia
Pakistan coal miners relucant to work after Hazara killings. The murder of 10 Hazara coal miners prompted protests by thousands of Shiite Muslims in ...

WEEKLY: China met-coal wash-plant ops rate dips pre-CNY
Mysteel Global
Starting this week, some domestic coal miners and processors have started to ease back on their ............ To read the full article take a free 7-day trial to ...

New Alberta coal policy coming next week, energy minister says
CBC.ca
Mountaintop mining will be a no-go, she said. "The concept of blowing the tops off the mountains, that will not happen." The government is facing ...