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China boosts coal's economic value 700% after turning it to liquids: report
The world's largest coal-to-liquids plant is turning coal into oil products that can power rockets and serve as machine lubricants while boosting its value sevenfold, according to a Chinese newspaper. The production line, built by China Energy…
China Coal Energy Company Limited (CCOZY) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
China Coal Energy Company Limited (CCOZY) Q2 2026 Earnings Call August 24, 2026 3:30 AM EDT Ling Xu - Head of Accounting Department & Accounting Supervisor Qaolin Chai - CFO & Manager of Finance Department Jingshan Feng - Citigroup Inc. Exchange…
Unmanned shutdown of South African coal plant could wipe $550 million off country's GDP
An unmanaged shutdown of the Secuda coal-to-liquids plant operated by South African energy company Sasol could wipe $550 million off the country's $400 billion economy and cost nearly 25,000 jobs, researchers said. The facility, the world's largest…
Mining company Bathurst Resources lodges fast-track application to extend West Coast coal mining
The mining company Bathurst Resources has lodged its fast track application for approval to expand its coal mining operations on the West Coast. It wanted to extend its Stockton mine near Westport and extract 20-million tonnes of coal from the…
Andrew Yang Warns That AI Is Set to Displace Millions of Workers, America Is 'Terrible at Retraining' Workers… 'The Coal Miners Did Not Become Coders'
'We are terrible at retraining,' Andrew Yang told CNBC on Tuesday, Aug. 18. 'The coal miners did not become coders. The warehouse workers did not become nurses. It's all just ludicrous talking points that politicians say and then walk away while…
Inside Indonesia's Push to Boost Commodity Market Credibility
When Indonesia first announced plans to integrate processes for the exports of key resources, it stoked concerns about state intervention that would disrupt the flow of commodities like coal and palm oil. Luke Mahony, the man tasked with overseeing…
Proposal to use industrial waste, nuke power for eco-friendly cement
Cement manufacturing accounts for roughly 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions. To address this, N. Bhanumathidas and N. Kalidas, founding directors of the Visakhapatnam-based Institute for Solid Waste Research and Ecological Balance (INSWAREB)…
Remembering the author of PA's Environmental Rights Amendment
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. A monumental figure in Pennsylvania's environmental movement…
Flagship renewable energy scheme becalmed as wind woes deepen
When Chris Bowen got up on stage at the International Convention Centre in Sydney in mid 2023, he was determined to make a point. Meeting his government's target for Australia to get 82 per cent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030, he…
Data center fight fuels unusual Pennsylvania Senate race
A local candidate is hoping her anti-data center stance can flip a conservative state Senate district south of Pittsburgh. Why it matters: Republicans hold a four-seat majority in the state Senate and are facing strong challengers who could take…
Albanese seeks to quell datacentre disquiet as climate expert warns 'we've got one shot to get the rules right'
Anthony Albanese will seek to use Wednesday's high-stakes talks with premiers to quell growing unhappiness about national controls on datacentre developments, promising new approval laws will complement state rules. Faced with growing opposition…
Australia Data-Center Power Use Seen Jumping Sevenfold by 2036
Australia sees data-center electricity use rising almost sevenfold over the next decade, highlighting the need for investment in generation and storage as the nation's aging coal plants are retired. The computing facilities are expected to use 34…
AI is hitting entry-level jobs hardest, Stanford study finds
For years, AI industry watchers of all stripes have been warning of a coming jobs apocalypse driven by ultra-intelligent AI systems that will be able to replicate most human tasks more cheaply. Now, newly updated research from Stanford University…
Data centre pipeline doubles as national power use to rise
The number of Australian data centres in development has doubled since 2025, but their strain on the nation's power supply is expected to accelerate even further over the next decade. The rapid growth of the artificial intelligence industry has…
TotalEnergies CEO Reveals Cost To Move A Supertanker Through Hormuz
The crisis-driven dislocation across Gulf oil markets has positioned French energy giant TotalEnergies SE as an early mover, capitalizing on heavily discounted Persian Gulf crude priced at $50 to $60 a barrel and moving it through the highly…
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