CoalWire 492, November 30, 2023
New coal starts stall outside China; US court overturns mine permit; US pollution study finds coal-based fine particle pollution deadlier than previously thought; protest shuts Australian port for two days.
CoalWire 454, February 23, 2023
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CoalWire 403, February 3, 2022
Pakistan projects at risk of default on loans; UK approves mine in Wales; Vietnam targets net-zero but struggles to break coal dependence.
CoalWire 385, September 9, 2021
US utility plans to shutter 10,000 MW of plants by 2030; Chinese engineers group says CCS uneconomic; coal price spike hits importers.
CoalWire 383, August 26, 2021
UK’s COP26 President blows up retired coal plant; two Polish units close; UK mine funding in doubt.
CoalWire 368, May 6, 2021
US utility to shut 6000 MW of coal plants by 2035; Philippines project abandoned; Australian mine plan scrapped; conversion plans for Engie’s Chilean coal plants.
CoalWire 367, April 29, 2021
European Union carbon price soars; South Korea ends support for new overseas coal plants; Greece brings coal end date forward; another Japanese coal plant cancelled; Queensland agency recommends rejection of coal mine.
CoalWire 346, April 8, 2021
China’s coal plant building spree saw global capacity rise in 2020; Indian state rules out more coal plants, considers phase-out of existing fleet; Russia short-term slashes coal production forecast; South 32 pays to offload its South African thermal coal mines.
CoalWire 360, March 11, 2021
Hungary and Japanese trading houses accelerate #coal exit; China’s five-year plan omits new commitments; Alberta First Nations groups call for federal review of proposed metallurgical coal mine.
CoalWire 352, December 17, 2020
South Korean and Philippines banks restrict coal funds; Pakistan vows no new coal plants.
CoalWire 339, September 17, 2020
US regulator probes First Energy over Ohio scandal; Indonesian coal crisis; legal challenge against German coal exit law; Ex-Eskom chair sheds light on Gupta’s role.
CoalWire 326, June 11, 2020
COVID-19 shuts 12 Polish mines; Coal India suspends mine; African bank under pressure over directors’ fossil fuel ties; Fitch Ratings downgrades largest Russian thermal coal producer.
CoalWire 324, May 28, 2020
Moody’s downgrades Adani port; Polish coal plant scrapped; major Italian bank restricts coal funds.
CoalWire 313, March 12, 2020
Coal power fell in 2019; use of US coal plants slides further; Chinese steel giant pursues hydrogen.
CoalWire 310, February 20, 2019
Coal plants in South Africa and Poland hit hurdles; bushfires scorch support for new Australian coal mines.