Indonesian coal production reached 213 million tons in the first half of 2014, a 7.6 percentage point growth from the same period in the previous year (198 million tons), as coal miners have been boosting coal output amid sluggish international coal prices.

China’s capital city, Beijing, will enforce the use of cleaner low-sulphur coal from Aug. 1 in a bid to tackle the soaring levels of air pollution that frequently clog the country’s major cities, the official Xinhua media agency said on Saturday.

Indonesia’s ambitious plan to build 14 dedicated coal terminals will be hindered by investment issues, while the restriction of using only these new and existing accredited ports to curb illegal coal outflows may hurt exports, analysts said this week. The country sees the need for building...

Indonesian state-owned electricity firm Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) said that Indonesia – Southeast Asia’s largest economy – is expected to nearly double domestic consumption of thermal coal over the next eight years in an attempt to meet the nation’s growing electricity...

James River Coal Co. laid off a quarter of its workers.  Consol Energy Inc., which has mined coal since the Civil War, sold five Appalachian mines, representing nearly half its coal output. And more than a half-dozen U.S. coal-mining companies went under, beset by new environmental rules and...

Negative sentiment over large Chinese coal producer Shenhua’s decision to cut its domestic coal prices mid-week permeated the Indonesian thermal coal market Friday leaving a wide bid-offer price gap for cargoes, sources said.

Prioritizing customers is not just a “slogan” for Adaro, but it reflects Adaro’s employees’ commitment to give their best for the customers. It is also stated clearly in one of the company’s mission statement “satifying the customers’ needs’. This...

With around 40 national elections, representing 42% of the world’s population and more than half of its GDP, 2014 could be one of the most significant policy years on record. New governments, policies, and regulations expected over the year will influence the policy environment for the energy...

The federal government is predicting that consumers will spend nearly 5% more on electricity this summer than they did last summer, thanks to new EPA regs that are forcing electric companies to take hundreds of thousands of megawatts offline that are generated by coal-fired electric...

Natural gas is set to lose out to coal as the fuel source to meet Asia’s rising energy demand because of high LNG prices which are being forced up by high cost inflation, the International Energy Agency has cautioned.