First drop in coal plant capacity; Bangladesh backtracks on coal plans; scrutiny of utilities’ political spending grows; South African tribunal sets aside water licences for proposed coal plant.
Pakistan plant cancelled; almost half Spanish coal plants closed; seaborne thermal coal demand crashing.
Japanese bank faces shareholder motion; call for Colombian mine inquiry; Indian court rejects bid for pollution control delay.
Coal burns Bangladesh’s finances; COVID-19 outbreaks in Czech Republic and Philippines mines; Poland investigates coal consolidation; Mongolia offers coal plant to Rio Tinto.
Huge Egyptian plant shelved; Chilean court decision forces mine closure; Polish project mine and power project abandoned.
Mines, ports, power plants hit by coronavirus impacts; Sumitomo restricts coal lending; South Korea bails out coal plant manufacturer as demand falls; Indian utilities slash coal capacity, coal stockpiles grow.
China clears new coal plants; coronavirus restrictions hit South African, Indian coal; global coal plants pipeline dwindles.
Coronavirus fallout grows; legal challenges against coal in Poland, Australia and Taiwan; coal power’s viability fading in major markets.
Coal power fell in 2019; use of US coal plants slides further; Chinese steel giant pursues hydrogen.
Vietnamese advisory body urges coal cuts; Indian utility may axe projects as solar and storage costs fall; Indian utility considers scrapping 13300 MW of coal plans.
Coal plants in South Africa and Poland hit hurdles; bushfires scorch support for new Australian coal mines.
BlackRock begins thermal coal exit; Greek court annuls coal plant permits; Indian court reopens door for Adani investigation.
Greece unveils end for existing lignite plants; Colombian court suspends coal bed methane project; financial exodus from coal accelerates.
Coal generation decline in 2019; Indian coal plant utilisation rates to fall; South African MP arrested over Eskom scandal.
South Africa rejects coal mine; Romanian court blocks mine expansion; bankruptcy for third largest US coal company.
SE Asian coal power starts slide; Brazilian coal loses tender; ominous pro-coal pitch by Chinese Premier; US insurer retreats on coal; green hydrogen viable by 2030 for steel.
Air pollution hits India’s wheat crop; South African Cabinet approves new coal; Russian bank flags divestment risks.