LONDON (Reuters) - Half of Poland’s electricity generation will come from coal by 2040 though coal production should remain at current levels as energy demand is expected to increase, a senior government official said on Tuesday. Poland and Germany are jointly responsible for over half of...

LAUNCESTON, Australia (Reuters) - The crude oil and natural gas industries believe they have got their mojo back, with the overwhelming impression gained at two recent conferences that the future is indeed bullish. It was hard to find any downbeat delegates at last week’s Asia Pacific...

China won’t renew harsh restrictions on coal and steel production capacity originally targeted at cut air pollution, as the country’s trade war with the US has begun to affect growth. Rather, local governments will have to decide how to meet emission targets during the smog-prone...

Indonesian coal suppliers have increased their domestic coal production target by 4.5 percent from a previous 485 million tonnes to a massive 507 million tonnes in the current year. All the additional tonnage will be exported. This is in direct response to China's loosening coal policy for the...

JAKARTA, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Indonesia has increased its 2018 coal production target to around 507 million tonnes from a previous target of 485 million tonnes, the Energy Ministry said on Wednesday, a move that may add to downward pressure on prices for the fuel. Indonesia is the world’s...

The research, carried out by green campaigners CoalSwarm, suggests that 259 gigawatts of new capacity are under development in China. The authors say this is the same capacity to produce electricity as the entire US coal fleet. The study says government attempts to cancel many plants have...

KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. Sebagai perusahaan tambang batubara, PT Adaro Energy Tbk (ADRO) tak hanya fokus di bisnis thermal coal, tapi juga coking coal atawa kokas. “Jadi yang tadinya cuma thermal, sekarang ada coking coal juga yang digunakan khusus untuk bahan baku steel," ujar...

SYDNEY, Sept 24 (Reuters) - U.S. private equity firm Energy and Minerals Group (EMG) on Monday kicked off its planned float of Coronado Coal Group in Australia, seeking to raise up to A$1.3 billion ($946.1 million) for 30 percent of the group. The float will give the company an enterprise value...

US coal producer Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU), the world's largest privately owned producer of the fossil fuel, said Friday it had agreed to buy Shoal Creek metallurgical coal mine in central Alabama from Drummond Co. for $400 million. Located on the Black Warrior river, the mine serves the...

London — The European thermal coal market was struggling with close to record high stockpiles at the key Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp hub, as an increased volume of off-spec coals flowed into the region, sources said Thursday. European utilities have been blending off-spec coals for many...