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China Coal Mining Output Falls Most in Decade After Deadly Blast
China's coal production cratered in June after a deadly mine explosion sparked widespread safety inspections across one of the country's key mining hubs. China produced 381 million tons of coal in June, a 9.7% drop from a year earlier, the biggest…
India is the canary in the global inflation coal mine
Global inflation has been climbing back for months. India's June print — 4.38%, up from 3.93% in May and above every forecast — isn't a shock out of nowhere. It's the sharpest data point yet in a trend that started well before this…
Coal plants would cut power costs by 2050, but with a massive price to pay
Investing in more fossil fuels and limiting the rollout of wind and solar farms could cut 5 per cent from Australia's electricity costs by 2050, the CSIRO says, but the strategy would require the nation to abandon all climate commitments and allow…
Midterms trend-hold your nose and vote Democrat
Democrats ' support among voters who dislike both major parties is surging ahead of this year's midterm elections, according to a new poll released on Tuesday, less than four months from Election Day. Historically, the party in the White House…
Why middle America isn't on your timeline
Long before it was a haven for swimming, fishing, kayaking, camping, and sunbathing, this very dirt belonged to the Keystone Coal and Coke Company. In 1909, the company dammed the convergence of McCune and Davis runs, creating this 78-acre lake for…
Trump rollbacks hit $83 billion in solar and wind power projects
President Donald Trump's rollback of clean energy policies have resulted in nearly $83 billion in canceled or delayed investment for projects across the country, according to a new analysis from an environmental group. The labor and environmental…
Coalition and One Nation's plan to ditch net zero would not lower power prices, CSIRO report finds
Claims by the Coalition and One Nation that abandoning a net zero climate target would bring down power prices are contradicted in a new CSIRO report on the costs of generating electricity. Generation costs will probably rise after 2030 regardless…
Steve Forbes: Break Obama's energy shackles - and free America's future
Excerpt: Hundreds of billions of dollars are being invested by every major economy around the world in the race to dominate artificial intelligence — but none of it will matter without the energy needed to run it. Every AI breakthrough will…
NSW government approves first pumped hydro project since Snowy 2.0
NSW Planning Minister Paul Scully has approved a renewable energy project on the site of a former coal mine. The $1.8 billion project has the potential to power 120,000 homes. Mine site owner Yancoal is assessing the project's commercial viability…
After The Shock: Where Resources Go Next
Geopolitical shocks drove extreme commodity swings in Q2, but normalizing conditions are revealing meaningful mispricings across the natural resources complex. Q2 performance varied sharply by sector - oil retreated, gold tumbled, and steel surged…
Batteries charge ahead as data centres fuel gas turbine costs: CSIRO
Australia's top science agency has found batteries are now cheaper at supplying peak demand for power than gas. The CSIRO's annual GenCost report notes insatiable demand for gas-fired power from US data centres is driving up turbine costs. At the…
Economic fundamentals unchanged despite Q2 GDP slowdown: NBS official
A view of the Lujiazui area in Shanghai Photo: VCG The fundamentals of economic operation remain unchanged, an official with the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Wednesday, responding to questions about the second-quarter growth slowdown…
Trump clean energy policies linked to US$83 billion in delayed or canceled projects
Trump administration policies that scaled back federal support for clean energy have led to the cancellation or delay of US$83 billion (HK$647.4 billion) in investment across hundreds of projects, according to a report released on Tuesday by labor…
Singareni Bharosa Yatra concludes
Calling for unity to safeguard the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL), Union Minister for Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy has pledged the Centre's continued support to the public sector coal company and vowed to stand by its workers in…
Power auction results will indicate 2028 electricity cost trends
(The Center Square) – The regional power grid manager plans to announce the results of its latest capacity auction late Tuesday, an outcome that will determine a portion of Pennsylvania's electricity costs beginning in 2028. Ahead of the…
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