July 2, 2019

German lender pulls out of coal as Merkel vows greener finance

KfW Group will no longer finance the exploration or mining of coal or lend to coal power plant projects.

July 1, 2019

Three coal miners die in Poland after quake

Three miners died after a tremor on Monday at a Polish coal mine owned by mining group PGG, the company said, in […]

July 1, 2019

Australia sees gold overtaking thermal coal as export earner

Asian demand for the heating fuel is expected to top out this year, as large consuming countries, including China, turn to cleaner energy such as hydropower.

June 27, 2019

Trump gift to coal industry won’t halt decline – report

New EPA rules make life easy for coal-fired plants, but industry still can't compete with natural gas or renewables.

June 27, 2019

Whitehaven Coal ups its exploration capability with Geobank

Whitehaven Coal produced 16Mt of coal in 2018, contributing to record Australian coal export results.

June 27, 2019

China coal imports seen cooling once Beijing reins in prices

Authorities will seek to cap imports at, or even below, last year’s level of 281 million tonnes.

June 27, 2019

Chile goes carbon-neutral, begins closing first eight coal-fired power stations

Move is part of an ambitious plan announced by the country's President in early June.

June 26, 2019

Kenya cancels environment license of $2bn coal power plant

The 1,050 megawatt project is 51% owned by Centum Investment Co. and backed by General Electric Co.’s Ultra-Supercritical Clean Coal Technology.

June 26, 2019

Renewable energy sources in the US now outstrip coal

While the US coal industry has been for years losing ground to renewables, they overtook the fossil fuel for the first time ever in April.

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.