Coal shortages are currently causing electricity supply problems in two major coal-using economies, India and China. As Statista’s Katharina Buchholz notes , shortages are happening because economic activity is picking Continue Reading
Coal met some 3 percent of the UK’s electricity demand on Friday morning, reaching its highest level of Britain’s power generation in one month, amid lower wind speeds this week Continue Reading
The coalition that will form the government to succeed Germany’s Angela Merkel has agreed to phase out coal by 2030, eight years than currently planned, Reuters reported on Friday. The Continue Reading
China’s coal futures have closed every trading day this week at a record amid power shortages and blackouts across the country © Bloomberg Chinese coal futures are on track for Continue Reading
Chinese coal futures rose to record levels as floods shut dozens of mines and displaced more than 100,000 people, throttling the country’s main source of fuel for electricity and compounding Continue Reading
Coal supply shortages are pushing prices for the fuel to record highs and laying bare the challenges to weaning the global economy off one of its most important—and polluting—energy sources. The crunch Continue Reading
China has started unloading a small number of Australian coal shipments despite an unofficial import ban, analysts said, in a move underscoring the intensity of the power crunch facing the Continue Reading
The global energy crisis is reshaping trade routes for coal, illustrating the heightened demand for a fuel many considered on the downswing. China’s eastern province of Zhejiang recently received its Continue Reading
German utility Steag halted its coal-fired power plant Bergkamen-A after it ran out of hard coal supplies amid an energy crunch globally and logistics challenges domestically, the company told Bloomberg Continue Reading
Major Chinese coal producers are trying to resolve supply shortages and curb price rises as the country’s winter consumption peak approaches, an industry association said. The China Coal Transportation and Continue Reading
