NEW DELHI: State-run Coal India’s supply to the power sector increased by 6.8 per cent to 299.10 million tonnes in the first 9 months of the current fiscal. The supply of the fossil fuel by Coal India (CIL), which accounts for over 80 per cent of the domestic production, in the...

After several quarters of lull in the industry, coal-based power generating companies saw some breather in their December quarter results. This momentum has gained pace, going by the good performance of the companies which have declared results so far. For instance, Reliance Power and JSW Energy...

Singapore (Platts)–20 Jan 2016 744 am EST/1244 GMT Coal demand from China’s power generation sector may improve in the coming week, on the back of an expected cold front that will mostly affect the northern parts of the country, industry sources said Wednesday. China’s...

THE southern part of Myanmar is being eyed for new coal-fired power plants, in line with the country’s electricity-generation master plan that will boost the coal-fired power ratio 17-fold by 2030. Aye Min, deputy director for thermal power planning, told the “Myanmar Electric Power...

BANJARMASIN. Perusahaan batu bara PT Adaro Indonesia Kalimantan Selatan melalui anak perusahaannya, Adara Persada Mandiri (APM) membangun kawasan pergudangan terintegrasi di lahan seluas 150 hektare. Kepala Kawasan Pergudangan atau disebut Regional Integrated and Support Area (RISA) Benidictus...

BEIJING, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) — China will upgrade its coal-fired power plants to more than halve the amount of air pollutants they discharge by 2020, the head of the National Energy Administration promised on Friday. Nur Bekri said the improvements will mean the plants are saving around 50...

Singapore (Platts)–13 Jan 2016 835 am EST/1335 GMT China’s coal imports, including lignite, thermal and metallurgical coal, totaled 17.64 million mt in December, down 35.2% from 27.22 million mt in December 2014, according to preliminary data released Wednesday by the General...

China has promised big steps to cut pollution from coal-fired power plants, but recent measures have left the moves’ progress in doubt. On Dec. 2, the State Council, or cabinet, announced ambitious plans to upgrade coal-fired generators and reduce pollutants by 60 percent before...

Singapore (Platts)–8 Jan 2016 339 am EST/839 GMT India imported around 18.9 million mt of coal in December through 29 major ports, up 11.2% month on month, according to data released Friday by Indian shipbroker Interocean. Of the total, thermal coal accounted for 15 million mt, up...

Australian environmentalists believe the political climate is changing. They say that last month’s Paris climate summit signaled a shift toward a zero-carbon global economy, so Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull should get with the program, phasing out fossil fuels and slashing emissions further...