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Chinese coal prices hit record high and power cuts continue - KTVZ
KTVZ
Heavy rains have forced the closures of 60 coal mines in Shanxi province, China's largest coal mining hub, according to a statement released Saturday by the ...

China's coal futures hit all-time high as floods worsen energy crisis
Financial Times
Other local factors, including an anti-corruption campaign in the coal industry and mine closures to reduce air pollution around national events, ...

Industry must begin using coal through gasification technology: JSPL MD, Energy News, ET ...
ETEnergyworld.com
The gasification technology will also help India overcome the shortage of oil, gas, methanol, ammonia, urea and other products, making the country Aatmanirbhar.

In Glasgow, China-US tensions could shape climate future - Yahoo News
Yahoo News
... from fossil fuel industries or coal industry within the country," he said. "But without the pressure then the balance shifts in favor of slower action.".

India States Hit by Power Outages as Coal Supply Still Tight - Bloomberg
Bloomberg
Rajasthan has been receiving less than half of its contracted volumes of coal from Coal India Ltd., he said. There were also power shortages in other states ...

U.K. Turns to Coal as Low Wind Output Increases Power Prices - Bloomberg
Bloomberg
Uniper turned on its Ratcliffe-2 coal unit this morning · Drop in wind power exposes U.K. market to high fuel prices ...

Weekly SA Coal Report
Creamer Media's Mining Weekly
Zhengzhou coal futures have hit an all time high of around Rmb1 410/t as renewed flooding in Shanxi hampers coal production, with over 60 mines having to ...

Lights come back on in Lebanon as power plants re-start | Daily Mail
Daily Mail
And as countries around the world continue to feel the brunt of the global energy crisis, India has insisted it has ample coal stocks to meet the demand of its ...

Montana coal mine admits violating safety regulations :: WRAL.com
WRAL.com
Mines are required to report employee injuries to the Mine Safety and Health Administration. The vice president of underground operations gave $2,000 in ...

Coal Industry Is Getting Ample Funding to Pile Into New Plants - Bloomberg
Bloomberg
The coal industry is still getting enough funding to enable significant investments in the world's dirtiest fossil fuel, according to a report from German ...

US coal mines are running out of miners just as demand booms
Creamer Media's Mining Weekly
“There's a perception that the coal industry, if not dead, is dying,” he said. “Young people just have many more choices.” Mining companies are getting ...

Coal mining starts at Millennium
Creamer Media's Mining Weekly
PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Coal production has started at the newly restarted Millennium metallurgical coal mine, in Queensland. A joint venture (JV) between ...

China orders Inner Mongolian coal miners to ramp up production - Taiwan News
Taiwan News
China orders Inner Mongolian coal miners to ramp up production. Directive comes as China after record-high prices and blackouts.

Coal Shortages Push Up Prices, Weigh on Economies - WSJ
The Wall Street Journal
Steady On Australian coal exports took a hit when China imposed a ​ ban late last year, but have quickly recovered as other ​ Asian buyers stepped in. Australia ...

South Africa should not rush move away from coal, minister says | Reuters
Reuters
"I am not saying coal for ever, ... I am saying let's manage our transition step by step rather than being emotional," Mantashe told a mining conference, when ...

US EIA projections on energy usage and carbon emissions in 2050 - CNBC
CNBC
... other hydrocarbon sources, including coal to liquids and gas to liquids. Here, liquid fuels does not include liquefied natural gas and liquid hydrogen.).

Supply-hit power cos tap Indonesian miners for coal - Times of India
Times of India
Kolkata: As coal stocks nearing an all-time low, some of the state power utilities along with some non-power coal users have sent SOS to Indonesian coal ...

Springfield to shutter Dallman Unit 33, leaving city with single coal-fired power plant - Fox Illinois
FOX Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS/WRSP) — Springfield's City Water, Light, and Power (CWLP) is now down to a single coal-fired power plant after the decision was made ...