A dozen Chinese anthracite coal miners have called on the industry to slash production by 10% from current levels amid weak demand caused by the coronavirus outbreak. While anthracite coal output Continue Reading
Declining US coal-fired power demand, hit further by the coronavirus pandemic pressuring electricity demand, has pushed major coal basins into oversupply and utility stockpiles to multi-year highs, requiring producers to Continue Reading
US coal carload originations fell to a 10-year low of 52,468 in the week ended April 11, down 8.8% from 57,504 a week earlier and 36.1% lower than the year-ago Continue Reading
Thermal coal demand is declining globally and forcing cutbacks of imports and production, driven by lower power-sector coal demand resulting from the coronavirus pandemic, analysts said Tuesday. “After some delays Continue Reading
Sources said utility Guotou Qinzhou had canceled 250,000 mt of seaborne coal due for arrival in May because of the uncertainty, a cancellation letter seen Monday by S&P Global Platts Continue Reading
State also will join Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Sets mandatory benchmarks to reach 100% renewable power Dominion Energy Virginia must shut down its 1,032-MW Chesterfield coal plant within the next Continue Reading
Battery electric vehicles are only as clean as the energy source used to generate the electricity that powers them. The calculated relative amounts of well-to-wheels emissions of greenhouse gases from Continue Reading
Global coal production is expected to grow only marginally in 2020, from 8.13 billion tonnes in 2019 to 8.17 billion tonnes in 2020, a growth of only 0.5 percent after Continue Reading
A group of powerful Republican senators wants to make sure the bailout program being administered by BlackRock Inc. on behalf of the federal government won’t leave fossil-fuel companies behind. The Continue Reading
State-run Coal India Ltd. is considering cutting output at some mines, aligning it with a steep drop in demand from power generators amid a countrywide lockdown, according to people with knowledge Continue Reading
EKPC reduces four barge contracts by 16,000 st/month CCU Coal supply deal cut by 6,000 st/month East Kentucky Power Cooperative reduced its monthly delivery amounts with four barge coal suppliers Continue Reading
China is burning more coal in yet another sign that the first country hit by a coronavirus outbreak is returning to a level of normalcy. Daily coal burn at select coastal Continue Reading
The spreading coronavirus pandemic may too heavy of a burden for the already struggling coal miners in the United States, with three companies announcing operations halts due to measures to Continue Reading
The world’s net capacity additions of coal-fired power generation rose in 2019 for the first time since 2015, due to a surge in the Chinese coal fleet, a new report Continue Reading
The Russian Far East saw the highest ever coal unloading volumes set this week at terminals in the Vladivostok region, Russian Railways said Tuesday. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes Continue Reading
Coal, the dirtiest and usually the cheapest option for energy, is now the world’s most expensive fossil fuel. Oil’s epic collapse over the past month means the global crude benchmark is Continue Reading
It is the last coal-fired power plant in New York State. White steam trails from its smokestack like a banner flying in the wind, visible for miles across flat farm Continue Reading
US coal carloads fell to a 10-year low 55,542 in the week ended March 14, down 5.3% from a week earlier and 23% lower than the year-ago week, the Association Continue Reading
Weekly US coal production was estimated at 10.6 million st in the week that ended March 7, down 6.1% from the previous week, US Energy Information Administration data said Thursday. Continue Reading
US coal carloads were at a near four-year low 58,659 in the week ended March 7, the lowest total since 58,166 in the week ended April 9, 2016, the Association Continue Reading
Coal has few friends around the world, but China isn’t giving up on the world’s most polluting power-plant fuel just yet. European nations from the U.K. to the Netherlands and Germany Continue Reading
Coal-fired power plants are retreating from the market in at least two big ways. One is hard to miss: Many plants are closing. The other is more subtle: Remaining plants Continue Reading
Weekly US coal train loadings averaged 74.5 trains/day in the week ended February 28, up 1.3 trains/day from the previous week, Surface Transportation Board data showed Monday. From the year-ago Continue Reading
U.S. coal use plunged more than 13% in 2019, the most in 65 years, as power plants shut down across the country. That’s poised to happen again this year. Total Continue Reading
Weakening spot natural gas prices pulled down Southwest Power Pool wholesale power prices nearly 31% year on year in February, as wind generation continued to displace coal-fired power for a Continue Reading
In the past three months, regulators appointed by President Donald Trump have disrupted ambitious plans to combat climate change in electric grids serving 85 million people in the U.S., from Continue Reading
British hedge fund billionaire Chris Hohn has launched a campaign to persuade central banks to starve hundreds of planned coal-fired power plants around the world of finance, aiming to block Continue Reading
Trump administration resuming coal leasing on public lands The Trump administration announced on Wednesday that it will be resuming coal leasing on public lands, angering conservationists. The Bureau of Land Continue Reading
US coal-fired power generation totaled 72.6 TWh in December, down 4.1% from November, US Energy Information Administration data said late Wednesday. The generation declined 25.1% from the year-ago month, the Continue Reading
BNSF Railway saw a decrease in coal volumes and revenue in 2019, primarily as the result of lower natural gas prices and adverse weather conditions, the company reported Monday. Receive Continue Reading
Carbon capture technology has been garnering more and more attention as one way to solve the world’s human-made emissions problem, but costs remain an obstacle. But another technology might help: Continue Reading
India is aiming to become self-sufficient in thermal coal from the financial year 2023-2024, said Pralhad Joshi, the Union Minister of Coal and Mines Tuesday while chairing a brainstorming session Continue Reading
In a dusty northwest India desert dotted with cows and the occasional camel, a solar-power plant is producing some of the world’s cheapest energy. Built in 2018 by India’s Acme Continue Reading
After a Jekyll and Hyde year in 2019, and a decade characterised by China’s disruption of the met coal trade, participants can be forgiven for being sick of change. But Continue Reading
The European Union has undergone a pretty dramatic transformation as of late — and we’re not talking about Brexit. The group of member states, which pledged as a collective to Continue Reading
The sustainability of the uptrend in seaborne thermal coal prices is largely dependent on the rate of Chinese domestic production, ANZ analysts said in a report released Thursday. Receive daily Continue Reading
Rare earth elements (REEs) are vital materials for modern technologies. The US National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) is collaborating with the University of Kentucky and their subcontractor Virginia Tech to Continue Reading
Carbon capture has existed for decades, but some recent efforts seek to lower the costs of the process. Climeworks’s CO2 collection system in Hinwil, Switzerland. Can new technology suck carbon Continue Reading
The impact of the coronavirus outbreak on Chinese coal has resulted in a production standstill, as the effects reverberate across the wider commodity markets and with shipowners reluctant to move Continue Reading
US coal production is forecast to be about 596 million st in 2020, down 13.7% from the estimated 2019 output of 690 million st, data from the Energy Information Administration’s Continue Reading
U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette said on Friday that Canada and Mexico could help export U.S. coal to Asia to get around the blocking of shipments by West Coast states Continue Reading
Russia has been historically associated with oil and gas exports, yet the news somewhat underreports its coal market presence. Although neither the world’s largest coal producer nor exporter, Russia seems Continue Reading
The world’s leading central banks should purge coal-related assets from their balance sheets and set rules discouraging the financial system from financing polluting industries, according to the New Economics Foundation Continue Reading
For nearly half a century, the deserts and plains of the American West have been punctuated by coal-burning furnaces and towering smokestacks — hulking power stations that have sustained small-town Continue Reading
US metallurgical coal exports totaled 50 million mt in 2019, down 10.4% from 2018, according to data issued Wednesday by the US Census. It was the lowest since 2016, when Continue Reading
Noriko Hayashi for The New York Times Just beyond the windows of Satsuki Kanno’s apartment overlooking Tokyo Bay, a behemoth from a bygone era will soon rise: a coal-burning power Continue Reading
Indiana lawmakers advanced legislation designed to slow the pace of the state’s coal plant retirements. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now The Indiana House Continue Reading
Chinese coal mines in Shanxi’s Linfen and Yulin cities have delayed restarting production after the Lunar New Year holidays because of the coronavirus outbreak, sources told S&P Global Platts Friday. Continue Reading
US coal-fired generation continued to decline in January as natural gas pricing dropped and weather remained mild, an S&P Global Platts Analytics report said Friday. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber Continue Reading
Chinese coal mines in Shanxi’s Linfen and Yulin cities have delayed restarting production after the Lunar New Year holidays because of the coronavirus outbreak, sources told S&P Global Platts Friday. Continue Reading
