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Workers start three-day strike at Areva's Somair mine in Niger
Workers at French nuclear conglomerate Areva's Somair mine in Niger started a three-day strike on Tuesday over what they declared was the group's failure to pay bonuses, as stated by a union representative.
read more... 08/04/2015
German Economy Minister supports lignite mines
German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel has wanted to reassure energy firms that the government has no plans to close lignite mines, as indicated in copy of a letter addressed to works councils.
read more... 02/04/2015
Germany: Steag seen as possible purchaser of Vattenfall lignite assets
The manager of German energy sector trade union BCE declared it would be "not unreasonable" for German electricity company Steag GmbH to manifest interest in acquiring lignite assets Swedish utility Vattenfall has put up for sale in Germany, less than two weeks after Steag stated it was not in negotiations.
read more... 02/03/2015
Britain: decline of coal—fired power generation to five-year low in 2014
Britain's coal-fired power generation last year dropped to a five-year low, according to government data showed on Thursday, signifying it was possible that power plant emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the EU's second major carbon polluter also declined.
read more... 27/02/2015
EU initiates exhaustive investigation into UK coal plant conversion
The European Commission has initiated a detailed inquiry into Britain's plan to utilize public funds to pay for the change of a coal plant at Lynemouth, northern England, to biomass, declaring it is concerned Britain may be paying excessively.
read more... 20/02/2015