Indonesia will resume some shipments of coal to the Philippines, a government official said on Sunday, after a months-long halt due to concerns about piracy in seas between the two archipelagos. Indonesia earlier this year slapped a moratorium on coal shipments to its neighbour after a string of...

China expects its energy consumption to grow in 2016, the official Xinhua news agency of the world’s largest energy consumer said on Tuesday. China’s apparent demand for crude oil will reach 550 million tonnes (11 million barrels per day) and apparent demand for natural gas will hit...

A new free trade agreement will see China’s import tariff on certain types of Australian coal reduced in three tranches from December 20. In this podcast, Jebsen Seo, editor for steel raw materials, and Michael Cooper, senior editor for thermal coal, join Edwin Yeo, managing editor for steel...

Less than a week since signing the global climate deal in Paris, Japan and South Korea are pressing ahead with plans to open scores of new coal-fired power plants, casting doubt on the strength of their commitment to cutting CO2 emissions. Even as many of the world’s rich nations seek to...

Coal will continue to be main source for India’s energy needs while utmost care will be taken to protect the environment in meeting over 1.5 billion coal output target by 2020, a top official said. The statement comes after a landmark climate change deal in Paris with the approval of...

In trading circles, the bulls are effectively those who believe the forward price will go up and the bears believe it will go down. At the Coal Trading Association’s annual conference this week in New York City, both sides were on display, although sentiment leaned more...

It’s tempting to take the champagne-fueled view that the historic global climate agreement reached in Paris signals the death of coal, but even if the dirty fuel is terminal, it will be a long, lingering demise before the final hacking cough. This is simply because coal is, and will remain...

Selamat kepada Bapak Garibaldi Thohir atas diraihnya penghargaan Indonesia Most Admired CEO 2015 dari Warta Ekonomi. Bertempat di Ballroom Hotel Mulia, pada 7 Desember 2015, Bapak Julius Aslan mewakili Bapak Garibaldi Thohir menerima penghargaan Most Admired CEO 2015 yang diserahkan langsung oleh...

India’s ambitious renewable energy push, which includes a seven-fold increase in generation capacity, is unlikely to help bridge the country’s huge development deficit. Its development needs are real. It is not just the 400 million people without access to electricity and hundreds of...

BEIJING — China’s cabinet announced Wednesday that it would try to cut pollution from coal-fired power plants by 60 percent by 2020 through upgrades to plants, according to a report by Xinhua, the state news agency. If successful, the plan for upgrades would reduce carbon dioxide...