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CEO of WV Coal Association says trade war with China will impact coal operations - Yahoo
Yahoo

CHARLESTON, WV (WVNS) — Continuing trade conflict can and will affect West Virginia, according to state coal officials. The CEO of the West ...

Smoke continues from abandoned mine fire in Marion County - WV MetroNews
WV MetroNews

WHITE HALL, W.Va. — An ongoing fire in a pre-law coal mine in Marion County that has been monitored by the state Department of Environmental ...

Capito calls vague assurances about miner safety programs 'insufficient;' Justice says he ...
WV MetroNews

... coal miners who are affected by its programs like black lung screening. ... We sure don't want to lose the jobs in West Virginia because they're ...

WV coal miners ask federal judge for injunction to keep NIOSH functioning to protect from black lung
Yahoo

... Coal Workers Health Surveillance Program (CWHSP) largely unstaffed, attorneys for West Virginia coal miners are asking a federal judge to issue a ...

Ramaco's CEO Says Surprise Rare Earth Discovery Sparks US Production
Global Finance Magazine

They had asked us for coal core samples from our mine in Wyoming and, of course, from mines in West Virginia and Virginia. They did the same for ...

Capito says HHS gave 'insufficient answer' on Black Lung program | WV News
WV News

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito says the Trump administration's defense of staff cuts affecting coal miner health is insufficient.

Iran, China sign deal on coal-to-gas technology cooperation - Tehran Times
Tehran Times

Iran, China sign deal on coal-to-gas technology cooperation. Economy. May 9, 2025 - 14:34. TEHRAN – Iran's Research Institute of Petroleum Industry ...

Making coal great again is vital to AI industry | Chris Woodward - Richmond Times-Dispatch
Richmond Times-Dispatch

Trump signed four executive orders April 8 aimed at bolstering the U.S. coal industry, which was targeted by Biden administration regulators.

Coal giant nears signing 'one of world's largest' renewables deals - Recharge News
Recharge News

Indian state-owned coal giant enters non-binding agreement for massive clean power development plan with green ammonia producer, paving way to ...

Don't Look Now, But China Is Importing Less Coal - Heatmap News
Heatmap News

Don't Look Now, But China Is Importing Less Coal. Add it to the evidence that China's greenhouse gas emissions may be peaking, if they haven't already ...

COAL SAFE 2025, safe operations and a sustainable coal future - Mining Review Africa
Mining Review Africa

The coal mining industry has a responsibility to not only maintain safe, productive operations in the present, but also lay the foundation for a ...

Germany's energy transition hits reverse so far in 2025 - Reuters
Reuters

... coal-fired generation is cut back. But if German firms opt to expand both coal and gas-fired output in order to keep up with overall power demand ...

Trump's push to save the fading coal industry gets a warm embrace in West Virginia
Telegraph Herald

Trump's push to save the fading coal industry gets a warm embrace in West Virginia. BY LEAH WILLINGHAM AND JOHN RABY The Associated Press; May 11 ...

South Korea replaces coal with nuclear as largest energy source, surpasses 10% renewables
Chosunbiz

Last year, nuclear power replaced coal as the largest energy source for the first time in the domestic institutional sector.

Trump aims to fast track Alabama coal build-out, citing US need. Nearly all the coal is bound ...
WBHM 90.3

... Warrior Met's Blue Creek mine expansion is set to be one of the largest coal infrastructure buildouts in Alabama history. Lee ...

New carbon credit scheme targets 60 plants by 2030 for coal phaseout - MSN
MSN

Around 2,000 coal-fired power plants need to be decommissioned from now until 2040 in order to meet global climate targets, the International Energy ...

Northeastern Arizona depends on the jobs from coal plants. It's banking on Trump's push
KJZZ

The coal-fired Cholla Power Plant, which shut down in March, is pictured Wednesday, April 23, 2025, near Joseph City. Brantley Baird never misses a ...

Energy Group Backs States' BlackRock Coal Investments Suit - Law360
Law360

and other investment groups took advantage of their large holdings in publicly traded energy companies to drive up coal prices. The states sued ...

Indonesia's thermal coal exports hit three-year low amid declining demand from China and India
ET EnergyWorld

Indonesia Coal Exports: This decline has significantly impacted global coal exports, potentially leading to the first annual decrease in ...

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