State electricity firm PLN has estimated that the coal use for electricity generation in Indonesia will increase by around 12 percent this year due to additional demand from new power plants. PLN system planning manager Arief Sugiyanto said in Jakarta on Thursday that two new coal-fired power...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's coal-fired power generation capacity is expected to rise by 22.4% in three years, the federal power ministry's chief engineer said on Wednesday, potentially neutralising its efforts to cut emissions by boosting adoption of renewable energy. India, the third...

KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. PT United Tractors Tbk (UNTR, anggota indeks Kompas100 ini) berhasil menorehkan pertumbuhan produksi batubara kokas atawa coking coal pada semester I 2019. Corporate Secretary United Tractors Sara K Loebis menuturkan perseroan sudah memproduksi 674.000 ton batubara kokas....

Australian insurance giant Suncorp will no longer invest in, finance or insure new thermal coal mines and power plants, and will not underwrite any existing thermal coal projects after 2025. This is the latest in a series of pledges by banks and financial services companies that they will not...

Anglo American has approved the development of the Aquila project, in central Queensland’s Bowen Basin, which will become one of the most “technologically advanced underground mines in the world”, according to the company’s Tyler Mitchelson. With an expected capital cost...

Thirty-four coal mining companies have submitted their work program and budget revisions (RKABs) to the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry to apply for process production quota increases, a ministry official said on Monday night. The ministry’s coal supervisory and business director,...

NEW DELHI, July 19 (Reuters) - Coal imports by Indian coal utilities during the first half of 2019 rose 53.4% from a year earlier to 35.47 million tonnes, data provided by India’s Central Electricity Authority (CEA) showed. Demand for seaborne coal imports in India has risen because of a...

NEW DELHI, July 19 (Reuters) - Coal imports by Indian coal utilities during the first half of 2019 rose 53.4% from a year earlier to 35.47 million tonnes, data provided by India's Central Electricity Authority (CEA) showed. Demand for seaborne coal imports in India has risen because of a...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The world’s biggest miner, BHP Group, on Wednesday said it planned to produce less thermal coal in the coming financial year and that it would wash it instead as part of a drive to raise the quality of the commodity. BHP said its New South Wales Energy coal production...

China’s coal output rose in June from the previous month to a record high, official data showed, as miners ramped up production to ensure supply ahead of peak summer demand for electricity. The world’s top coal producer churned out 333.35 million tonnes of coal in June, up 6.7% from...