Russian thermal coal production is set to grow over 100 million mt by 2035, as the country looks to invest in new coal infrastructure and focus increasingly on the growing Asia-Pacific region, President Vladimir Putin said in a meeting with heads of coal mining regions last week.
read more... 28/08/2019
Ukraine's largest producer of power from fossil fuels, DTEK, will import at least 400,000 mt of coal from Colombia within the next few months, Maksym Tymchenko, DTEK general manager, said Tuesday.
read more... 22/08/2019
Coal generation in Europe dipped 19% over the first six months of 2019, according to Brussels-based think tank Sandbag.
read more... 13/08/2019
Germany’s hard coal imports may fall for the fourth year in a row this year and by around 10% from 2018 levels, importers’ group VDKi forecast on Thursday, citing competition from renewable energy and slack demand from steelmakers.
read more... 19/07/2019
British energy supplier SSE Plc plans to shut its Fiddler’s Ferry coal-fired plant in northwest England by March 2020, saying the loss-making plant could not compete with more efficient gas and renewable energy options.
read more... 14/06/2019