Global coal demand will be subdued over the next five years, growing at just 0.5 percent a year, marginally higher than current levels, due to lower consumption in China, the Continue Reading
More than half of Europe’s coal plants are already bleeding cash, but by 2030, the percentage of coal plants in Europe that report negative cash flow could explode to an Continue Reading
Vietnam was unable to export 2 million mt of coal to China this year as the latter set strict specification for mercury, arsenic, phosphoric, chlorine and fluorine content in imported Continue Reading
The new chairman of the U.S. office that regulates energy projects was granted more time on Friday to decide on Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s directive to subsidize aging nuclear and Continue Reading
Beijing scaled back its plan to convert northern cities to cleaner fuel this winter after provinces warned of gas shortages, residents struggled to keep warm and reports of freezing classrooms Continue Reading
China is backpedaling on its massive push for the coal-to-gas switch after the move created gas shortages in the north that left people freezing in the cold snap, financial magazine Continue Reading
Many Chinese families use coal to heat their homes China’s government has allowed some northern cities to burn coal in a temporary policy U-turn, as the country faces a heating Continue Reading
China imported 22.05 million mt of coal in November, including lignite, thermal and metallurgical material, up 3.62 % from October but down 18.24% year on year, according to preliminary data Continue Reading
Workers on a gas-turbine assembly line at the General Electric plant in Greenville, S.C., on Jan. 10, 2017. General Electric Co. said Thursday it was cutting 12,000 jobs in its Continue Reading
Weekly US coal production totaled an estimated 14.9 million st in the week that ended November 18, up 0.9% from the prior week, but down 6.2% compared with the year-ago Continue Reading
