Utilities in the region are fully relying on long-term contract supplies from domestic mines, and do not need to purchase from the spot market at the moment, said a Chinese coal trader.

One of the biggest villains of climate change, coal, has won a reprieve from the Brazilian government.

President Joko Widodo said the government has revoked the permits due to non-compliance or because they had not been utilized.

Adani, India’s largest trader of imported thermal coal, will deliver 1 million tonnes to state-run NTPC.

Japan has requested Indonesia immediately remove its export ban on shipments of high grade coal.

Poland is one of the biggest coal producers in the world and PGG is Europe’s largest coal company.

The grid operator, Reseau de Transport d’Electricite, said last month that France risked an electricity shortfall in the event of a cold snap.

Company achieved full phase-out from coal-fired electricity generation in Canada when it finished the last of three planned coal-to-gas conversions at its Keephills Unit 3 power generation plant.