November 15, 2021

China doubles down on slower coal exit after COP26 spat

China attaches “high importance” to the energy transition, and has recently set out major steps including a target to reduce coal consumption from 2026.

November 15, 2021

US coal price hits 12-year high, threatening more energy inflation

Prices for coal from Central Appalachia climbed more than $10 last week to $89.75 a ton on the spot market.

November 15, 2021

UK’s Johnson calls COP26 climate agreement ‘game changing’

Negotiators from almost 200 countries clinched a deal that broke new ground in the fight against climate change, but punted the hardest decisions into the future.​​

November 15, 2021

14 million tonnes a day show why China and India won’t quit coal

No other nations have added more coal-fired power-plant capacity in the past decade than the two countries.

November 14, 2021

China’s monthly coal output rises to highest since March 2015

The world's biggest producer and consumer of the dirty fossil fuel churned out 357.09 million tonnes of coal last month.

November 14, 2021

Blast destroys roof at Russia’s NLMK steel plant, injures worker

A blast at a plant of Russia's steelmaker NLMK destroyed the roof of its coal storage facility and caused a brief fire late on Sunday.

November 11, 2021

China coal’s last hurrah comes too late for old mining towns

Despite an unexpected energy crunch that left authorities scrambling to guarantee coal supplies over the winter, it is still mostly business as usual for Henan's old mining regions.

November 11, 2021

Coal mines seen belching worst Australia methane cloud this year

The October 17 plume was observed over the Bowen Basin in Queensland state and had an estimated emissions rate of 76 metric tons of methane an hour.

November 11, 2021

China resists COP26 push to end coal as energy security prevails

Energy security concerns will keep China from supporting the proposal on coal, Bloomberg sources say.

November 10, 2021

Crypto boom strains Kazakhstan’s coal-powered energy grid

The Central Asian nation of 19 million has become the world's second-biggest bitcoin mining location.