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UK banks are Europe's biggest coal financiers, report finds
UK banks are Europe's biggest financial backers of the global coal industry, providing billions of pounds in funding for the climate-wrecking fossil fuel in the past four years, according to a report. The study found UK-based banks had provided…
China's Coal Past and Solar Present Are Colliding in Pakistan
About an hour's drive east of Karachi, Pakistan's coastal mega-city of more than 20 million people, a coal-fired power station hailed as a flagship project in China's $1.5 trillion Belt and Road Initiative is being engulfed by a sea of solar.
Glencore, Peabody are said to explore Venezuela coal deals (BTU:NYSE)
Glencore (GLCNF)(GLNCY) and Peabody Energy (BTU) are considering a joint move into Venezuela's coal industry, while another group of investors is exploring a separate deal as foreign companies take a fresh look at the country's natural…
Approval of biggest coal project in NSW planning commission's history described as 'infamous betrayal'
The New South Wales independent planner has approved the biggest coalmine project to ever go before it, allowing mining to continue until 2045 at a Hunter Valley project described by climate groups as a “carbon bomb”. The Independent…
Glencore, Peabody and Heeney Mull Coal Deals in Venezuela
Glencore Plc, Peabody Energy Corp. and Heeney Capital are weighing deals to produce coal in Venezuela as the Trump administration's push for US-allied companies to develop the nation's resources extends beyond oil. Glencore and Peabody are working…
Coal Buyers Resist High Prices Despite Costly Alternatives
This article is for subscribers only. Welcome to our guide to the commodities driving the global economy. Today, Indonesia-based reporter Eddie Spence looks at an impasse in the seaborne coal market. Coal markets are caught in a standoff.
Glencore Secures Approval for Key Australian Coal Mine Expansion
Glencore Plc and Yancoal Australia Ltd. have received approval for a major expansion of their jointly owned coal mines in the Hunter Valley region of eastern Australia that enables operations to continue until 2045. The New South Wales state…
Coal pays for the clean energy dream, like it or not
If governments want to use balance sheets to prop up energy-intensive smelters and other capital-starved old-world industries, they're going to need every dollar of tax and royalty revenue to make it all possible. Otherwise, the books won't…
China Coal Prices Have Jumped by Almost a Quarter Since Mid-July
Prices for the mainstay fuel at Chinese power plants rose for an 11th straight week as officials rush to boost domestic mining and major supplier Indonesia struggles with output. Spot thermal coal at the port of Qinhuangdao, a Chinese benchmark…
Massive coal mine extension gets go-ahead in NSW
NSW's planning body has approved the extension of major coal mine operations in the Hunter Valley in a move lauded as saving 1500 jobs by the Minns Labor government and industry but derided by environmental groups. The NSW Independent Planning…
Planning decision to extend life of mega coal mine saves 1,500 jobs
The IPC has approved plans that will allow Hunter Valley Operations to continue operating its coal mine near Singleton until 2045. The mine was due to close in December this year, putting an estimated 1,500 jobs at risk. Conditions imposed by the…
Our research measures the real cost of coal mines to people and planet
The longer it takes to transition away from fossil fuels such as coal, the more costs accrue as climate change accelerates. Climate change caused at least US$2.8 trillion (£2.1 trillion) in global costs known as loss and damage between 2000…
Community Impact Award Finalist: Philippine Coal Plants' Scholarship Program
Just hours before his flight back to work on Aug. 24, 2026, seafarer John Cris Tropicales watched his younger brother graduate with a bachelor's degree in criminology, reported Ulysses “Chuckie” Rivera, community relations manager for…
SAIL tests Mongolia as new coking coal supplier
NSteel Authority of India (SAIL) has airlifted coking coal from Mongolia for the first time, testing the landlocked nation as a potential new supplier as India seeks to reduce its dependence on Australia, two sources said.
NSW approves record coalmine expansion
The NSW Independent Planning Commission (IPC) has approved the biggest coalmine project ever in the state, saying the climate change impacts from the Hunter Valley project will be “outweighed” by economic benefits The Hunter Valley…
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