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India: Overall coal production likely to surpass One Billion Tonnes in 2023
Members of Parliament appreciated the efforts made by the Ministry of Coal for increasing the domestic coal production and made valuable suggestions. Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs , Shri…
Russia boosts coal exports to China to 104 mio t in 2023
In 2023, Russia ramped up coal supplies to China almost 1.5 times to all-time high of more than 100 mio t, which became possible due to deepening…
China’s thermal coal imports rise amid domestic price, output woes
China’s imports of thermal coal are expected to have ticked higher in August as seaborne prices for the power-generation fuel remain competitive amid constrained domestic supplies. A…
China’s investment in coal conveyor across Amur River to amount to 685 mio USD
Chinese company Xuan Yuan (XY Group), one of the largest Chinese corporate investors in Russia, plans to invest about 685 mio in the construction of a conveyor…
China Has Approved More Than 50 Gigawatts Of New Coal Power
Last year, China emerged as the world’s clean energy champ, with the country accounting for $546 billion, or nearly half, of the $1.1 trillion that flowed into the sector as countries everywhere…
Chinese Banks Lead $120 Billion Global Financing for Coal Projects
Chinese lenders arranged three-fourths of all the $120 billion in global financing for coal projects last year, new research from BloombergNEF showed on Wednesday. Chinese banks accounted for a massive 76%, or…
Trump Can’t Stop Energy Transition
Former President—and current Presidential candidate—Donald Trump—won’t be able to stand in the way of the Energy Transition, John Kerry said on Tuesday at the International Energy Agency ministerial meeting. The U.S. Special…
Russian coal exports to China hit 5-year high in July 2022
According to the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC), in July 2022, Russian exporters boosted coal supplies to Chinese consumers to 7.4 mio t (+1.3 mio…
Coal Byproducts Are a Great Source of Rare Earth Elements
Civilization as we know it wouldn’t exist without rare earth elements. No smartphones, LEDs, wind turbines, or even car batteries. REEs, such as cerium…