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China not to approve new coal mines until at least 2019
China, world’s largest coal consumer, has taken a tough decision to block any new proposed coal mines at least until 2019.
read more... 06/01/2016
Final farewell to the last British deep coal mine
UK has closed on December 18, 2015 its last deep coal mine Kellingley Colliery in North Yorkshire, marking the end of an era of deep coal mining, industry that once employed more than 1 million miners at over 3,000 collieries.
read more... 23/12/2015
IEA: Global coal demand will decline
Global coal demand has slowed down after more than a decade of “aggressive” growth, that’s according to a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) which anticipates global demand for coal will be reduced by over 500 million tonnes by 2020.
read more... 21/12/2015
Energy Secretary: UK should scrap coal –fired power by 2015
Britain has to halt the remaining coal-fired power stations by 2025 and to restrict their usage by 2023, said Energy Secretary Amber Rudd.
read more... 18/11/2015
Poland will try to find financing for its largest coal miner
Poland will try to obtain financing for European Union's biggest coal miner Kompania Weglowa and intends to switch old mines with more efficient ones, as stated on Saturday by energy minister designate Krzysztof Tchorzewski in a newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza.
read more... 17/11/2015