A fire at Transnet’s bulk terminal may further delay SA coal shipments
Reuters reports that a fire at Transnet’s government-owned Richards Bay Bulk Terminal, which handles South Africa’s thermal coal exports, may lead to more disruptions. A...
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Concerns about safety force almost a quarter of coal mines in Shanxi to close
A total of 22 percent of coal mines in Shanxi Province, China’s coal-producing region, were recently forced to cease operations owing to serious safety concerns....
Zimbabwe Withdrawal Of Chinese Funding For Foreign Coal Power Projects
During the New York UN General Assembly meeting, China announced that it would stop funding foreign coal power projects. According to the statement, reducing energy...
Even though coal stockpiles are able to endure, several nations have committed to phase coal out of their energy mix.
A single ton of thermal coal traded for an average price of $182 on September 2nd, 2021. The black hydrocarbon hit an all-time high of...
Tokio Marine Drops Thermal Coal Plans
New coal mining projects for thermal energy will no longer be insured or financed by Tokio Marine Holdings in Japan. This will apply to projects...
Poland Fined €500,000 To Dig Daily Coal
For some time, it has been at the heart of an international conflict. Near the border of Poland, Germany, and the Czech Republic, the Turów...
What Appalachia became after Wall Street invaded coal country
Hedge funds in New York and its surroundings were intensely interested in coal mines around the century. Coal plants were filthy, old-fashioned, and shackled by...
Covid-19: Unsung mining heroes brave odds to produce coal, keep power plants running.
Undaunted by the fear of death, 57-year-old Asif Khan has kept his nose to the grindstone to dig out coal so that the country’s power...
Coal’s crash could lead to a landscape of abandoned mines
As yet another coal mining company teetered on the edge of bankruptcy, West Virginia, on March 26, asked a court for control of several abandoned...
300 Powder River Basin coal workers laid off
About 300 workers were laid off last week at three Powder River Basin coal mines, adding to a string of bad news for Wyoming’s already...