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Polish companies plan 400-600 mln euros coal gasification project
Polish state-controlled companies Tauron Polska Energia and Grupa Azoty signed a letter of intent concerning cooperation over a scheduled coal gasification project valued at 400-600 million euros ($430 million-$645 million), according to Azoty on Thursday.
read more... 21/04/2017
Construction of new coal-fired power plants fell worldwide in 2016
The amount of new coal power plants tumbled dramatically last year due to policy shifts in China and India and subsequent declining investment prospects.
read more... 22/03/2017
China’s coal consumption keeps plummeting for the 3rd straight year
China's coal consumption plummeted for the third consecutive year in 2016, government data showed Tuesday, as the world's biggest carbon emitter struggles to cut its addiction to the heavily polluting fuel.
read more... 02/03/2017
Poland: Rival coal mines firms PGG and KHW close to merger
Trade unions at Poland’s coal producer Katowicki Holding Węglowy (KHW) approved on Wednesday the merger with its biggest rival Polska Grupa Górnicza (PGG).
read more... 02/03/2017
German KfW agrees on 45 mln euros loan for Serbian power plant clean-up project
Germany's development bank KfW will lend 45 million euros to Serbian state-run power distributor Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) for a project to modernise the ash handling system at the country's largest coal-fired power plant complex.
read more... 01/03/2017