In the wake of coronavirus: loan stress, bankruptcies, idled mines; another Indian coal ash dam disaster.
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.
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.
JPMorgan Chase unveils more coal restrictions; Philippines province bans new coal plants; Japan announces review of international coal support.
Fall in coal use flattens 2019 greenhouse emissions; KEPCO writes off US$432 million on Australian mine; Poland ponders fuel switch for new plant
Coronavirus hits Chinese coal demand; European coal power generation plummets; Anglo American flags coal exit; KEPCO bid for Indonesian plant stalled.
Japanese minister challenges support for Vietnam plant; US city backs end for coal port; Germany weakens coal exit deal.
Chinese think tank lays out domestic pathway for Paris compliance; Netherlands ruling pressures coal; US coal ash win.
Senegal axes new coal plant; Netherlands passes 2030 coal exit law; Philippines agency finds carbon majors liable for climate damage.
Chinese plan to slash overcapacity; Turkish President rebuffs polluters; insurance exit from coal accelerates; protests shut German coal mines and Colombian coal railway.
Coal generation decline in 2019; Indian coal plant utilisation rates to fall; South African MP arrested over Eskom scandal.
South Korea accelerates coal closures; Singapore bank ditches Vietnamese coal plant; report warns of Bangladesh boom.
Study finds all coal power plants must close by 2040; Greece sets 2028 lignite end date; Spanish coal power collapses.
Indian state rejects more coal plants; Montenegro axes lignite plant expansion; NSW rejects mine; Greek court win; South Korean advisory body proposes extending summertime coal shutdown; Swedish consortium promotes fossil-fuel-free steel plant.
GE’s coal spree; Botswana abandons coal railway; Eskom unveils initial steps to cut pollution.
Court freezes German lignite mine; Polish mine defeated; hydrogen challenge to metallurgical coal; Brazil opens door to more coal plants; Greece flags lignite phase-out.
Early closures in US, Australia; Colombian CEO says thermal coal’s market disappearing; Indian coal ash dam collapses.