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Is this the end for 'king coal' in Britain?
The Guardian
English coal miners walk home from work, circa 1925. Photograph: Hirz/ ... English coal miners walk home from work, circa 1925. Photograph: Hirz/ ...

Coal Mining Market 2020 Size by Product Analysis, Application, End-Users, Regional Outlook ...
Owned
The Coal Mining market report is an amalgamation of the key trends influencing the industry growth with respect to the competitive scenario and ...

Scientists find efficient way to extract REE from acid mine drainage
MINING.com
... the scientists say that AMD from coal mining operations in Appalachia represents a promising domestic source of REE because it often contains ...

July coal import dips 43% to 11.13 MT on high stockpile at pitheads, plants
Business Standard
The country had imported 19.61 MT of coal in July 2019, according to a provisional compilation, by mjunction services limited, based on monitoring of ...

Pakistan pushes renewable energy but coal expansion continues too
Gulf Times
“A coal pipeline of around 4,000-5,000MW will not provide much space for renewables,” said Ashfaq, managing director of SOWITEC (Solar Wind ...

Global Coal Tar and Coal-Tar Pitch Market Growth 2018-2023
MENAFN.COM
(MENAFN - Nxtgen Reports) Coal tar pitch is a complex chemical with 22 chemical and physical properties obtained through coal tar distillation, which ...

Owner could close Cumberland Mine by 2023
Pittsburgh Business Times
But things continue to be tough in the coal industry. Contura furloughed and idled a large portion of its workers and mines early in the second quarter ...

Carbon Capture Could Cut Cost Of Climate Change
Wyoming Public Media
They propose using carbon capture technology and transportation infrastructure that moves the carbon dioxide to storage locations underground.

BEUMER Group provides engineering of stockpiles for coal industry
World Coal
BEUMER Group provides engineering of stockpiles for coal industry. Advertisement. Save to read list. Published by Jessica Casey, Editorial Assistant

Coal Seen as Casualty of Pennsylvania Joining State Climate Pact
Bloomberg Law
Coal-fired power will plummet to 1% of Pennsylvania's power generation by 2030 if the state joins a regional bid to curb greenhouse gas emissions, ...

Federal utility moving forward on Tennessee coal ash removal
San Francisco Chronicle
The coal ash ponds were the subject of lawsuits by the state and environmental groups over concerns that they were leaking pollutants into the ...

More than 120 US coal plants have either been replaced or converted to different fuels since 2011
Daily Energy Insider
Proof of the growing disuse of coal was put on full display this week by new data from the United States Energy Information Administration (EIA), which ...

Plan to phase out inefficient coal plants breaks no new ground
The Japan Times
In Japan, meanwhile, the Fifth Basic Energy Plan adopted by the government in July 2018 lists coal as an “important baseload power source for ...

Bangladesh looks to cut future coal use as costs rise
ETEnergyworld.com
"In 2009 our plan was dominated by coal as it was cheap and we needed other sources of energy apart from gas. But it's not cheap anymore and our ...

Typhoon disrupts China's coal-handling ports
Argus Media
... port dropped to a two-and-a-half-month low of 363,000t on 4 August, according to data released by coal industry association the CCTD. Separately ...

Solntsevsky coal mine increased production volume
World Coal
The Solntsevsky coal mine in Russia, a key coal mining asset of the Eastern Mining Co., increased its coal production by 33% in 1H20 compared to ...

Dozens of coal-fired power plants are getting new life
Houston Chronicle
Coal plants are closing across the nation but some of them are coming back to life as natural gas plants. Photo: LM Otero, STF / AP. While coal-fired ...

Montana coal-fired power plant starts partial demolition
San Francisco Chronicle
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana's largest coal-fired power plant has begun demolishing equipment as part of a partial closure. The Colstrip Power ...

South Africa tightens restrictions for new coal power in 'landmark' ruling
Climate Home
A top tribunal scrapped water licences for the 600MW Khanyisa coal plant, saying the developer had failed to consider the impact of climate change.

EPA extends utility coal ash compliance deadline 6 months
Utility Dive
Utilities can now continue pouring the waste into unlined coal ash ponds until April 11, 2021, according to the new rules. Other changes to the rules ...

Coal-fired power generation in PJM could see brief 2021 comeback
S&P Global
New York — PJM Interconnection coal-fired power generation could recover from recent low levels in 2021 with an anticipated natural gas price ...

Indonesia H2 coal production outlook bearish, seaborne fundamentals weak
S&P Global
Indonesian coal miner Adaro Energy, the country's second-largest producer, expects 2020 coal production to be 10% lower on the year as it strives to ...