Is This The Next Coal Megaproject?
Some 80km from the Chinese border, the tiny Russian village of Yerkovtsy might provide the setting for a new Russo-Chinese megaproject. The 38 BCm/year Power of Siberia (and its potential Continue Reading
Thermal coal shipments at key Indian ports rise 19% on year in Apr-Jun
India’s 12 key state-run ports handled 28.29 million mt of thermal coal imports during April-June, up 19% year on year, latest data from Indian Ports Association released Saturday showed. Coking Continue Reading
Feature: More ships join those lying idle off Chinese ports as import restrictions bite
Singapore — There has been a sharp increase in the number of vessels laden with coal lying idle off China’s coastline following the introduction of import restrictions in April on Continue Reading
US coal and nuclear plant bailout could cost $16.7 billion: study
Providing financial support to uneconomic US coal and nuclear power plants, as the Trump administration has ordered, could cost $16.7 billion annually, according to a study commissioned by a group Continue Reading
US FOB thermal coal markets strengthen on rail issues, higher prices in other locales
US FOB thermal coal prices strengthened in the week ending Friday as price levels in the consumer markets of Europe and India provided support despite higher dry bulk freight rates. Continue Reading
Chinese H1 2018 coal imports hit 3-year high of 146 million mt
China imported 146 million mt of coal and lignite in the first half of 2018, up 9.9% from the previous year and a three-year high, according to preliminary data released Continue Reading
Support For Coal And Nuclear Power Could Harm Natural Gas
The U.S. Administration is seeking ways to save coal and nuclear power facilities from early retirement, citing concerns over a depletion of nuclear power in the energy mix and impacts Continue Reading
Is the decline of coal a national security problem?
As the Trump administration seeks to resuscitate the moribund American coal industry , it has decided to invoke “national security” as the justification for a plan to subsidize coal-fired power Continue Reading
Nuclear, coal bailout worth any cost ‘to keep America free’: U.S. energy chief
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said on Thursday that bailing out struggling coal and nuclear power plants is as important to national security as keeping the military strong, and that Continue Reading
Global thermal coal demand likely to outstrip supply in H2 2018: Citi
Global seaborne thermal coal supply is expected to fall short of expected demand in the second half of this year amid falling capital expenditures at key miners, Citi analysts said Continue Reading