June 25, 2019 Norway’s $1 trillion fund resumes investing in miners, oil and Walmart It will invest again in miners Rio Tinto and Nutrien, as well as in retailer Walmart after their exclusions from the fund's investments on ethical grounds were revoked.
June 24, 2019 India’s annual coal demand rises to nearly one billion tonnes Coal is among the top five commodities imported by India, one of biggest importers of the fuel despite having the world's fifth largest reserves.
June 23, 2019 RWE reviews mine protest damage, says power plants not at risk German utility RWE AG is reviewing damage done by environmental campaigners who accessed the company’s Garzweiler open-pit mine in Germany’s Rhineland on Saturday.
June 21, 2019 Visualizing US energy use in one giant chart U.S. energy use has been generally increasing, eventually topping 100 quads per year by 2018.
June 21, 2019 Adani begins construction at Carmichael coal complex Company already has around 60 workers onsite, surveying and clearing for access to project's location.
June 21, 2019 Pollution is choking Europe’s poorest region The EU has warned that any future membership hinges on whether local authorities clean up their act.
June 21, 2019 South Korean firm wins mining leases for long-delayed Australian coal project The final approval from the NSW state government follows a surprise victory for the pro-coal conservative government in an Australian election in which climate change had been a key issue.
June 20, 2019 Mercuria, S. African firms place bids for South32’s SAEC coal mines While some international mining companies have reduced exposure to coal on environmental grounds, others are sparking a race for quality assets.
June 20, 2019 Indonesia to charge higher coal mining royalties under revised rules Under the proposals, royalties on coal sales to central government would rise to 15% from 13.5%.
June 19, 2019 America’s two coal giants join forces as their market wanes Arch Coal Inc. and Peabody Energy Corp. are combining mines in Wyoming and Colorado through a joint venture.
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