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theguardian.com - Matthew Taylor - UK banks are Europe's biggest coal financiers, report finds
UK banks are Europe's biggest coal financiers, report finds
The Guardian –

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…

seekingalpha.com - Rob Williams - Glencore, Peabody are said to explore Venezuela coal deals (BTU:NYSE)
Glencore, Peabody are said to explore Venezuela coal deals (BTU:NYSE)
Seeking Alpha –

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…

theguardian.com - Graham Readfearn - Approval of biggest coal project in NSW planning commission's history described as 'infamous betrayal'
Approval of biggest coal project in NSW planning commission's history described as 'infamous betrayal'
The Guardian –

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…

bloomberg.com - James Attwood - Glencore, Peabody and Heeney Mull Coal Deals in Venezuela
Glencore, Peabody and Heeney Mull Coal Deals in Venezuela
Bloomberg –

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…

bloomberg.com - Eddie Spence - Coal Buyers Resist High Prices Despite Costly Alternatives
Coal Buyers Resist High Prices Despite Costly Alternatives
Bloomberg –

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.

bloomberg.com - Paul-Alain Hunt - Glencore Secures Approval for Key Australian Coal Mine Expansion
Glencore Secures Approval for Key Australian Coal Mine Expansion
Bloomberg –

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…

afr.com - Anthony Macdonald - Coal pays for the clean energy dream, like it or not
Coal pays for the clean energy dream, like it or not
Australian Financial Review –

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…

bloomberg.com - China Coal Prices Have Jumped by Almost a Quarter Since Mid-July
China Coal Prices Have Jumped by Almost a Quarter Since Mid-July
Bloomberg –

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…

afr.com - Tom Rabe - Massive coal mine extension gets go-ahead in NSW
Massive coal mine extension gets go-ahead in NSW
Australian Financial Review –

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…

abc.net.au - Amelia Bernasconi - Planning decision to extend life of mega coal mine saves 1,500 jobs
Planning decision to extend life of mega coal mine saves 1,500 jobs
Australian Broadcasting Corporation –

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…

afr.com - Patrick Gibbons - One Nation sparks coal, gas and nuclear's return to the energy debate
One Nation sparks coal, gas and nuclear's return to the energy debate
Australian Financial Review –

A not-so-trick question: what do these three things have in common? The Houthis attack on Riyadh, the first gas about to be produced from the massive shale deposits in the NT's Beetaloo basin and One Nation's continued rise in the polls? Answer:…

theconversation.com - Danford Chibvongodze - Our research measures the real cost of coal mines to people and planet
Our research measures the real cost of coal mines to people and planet
The Conversation –

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…

thehindubusinessline.com - SAIL tests Mongolia as new coking coal supplier
SAIL tests Mongolia as new coking coal supplier
BusinessLine –

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.

ttnews.com - Bloomberg News - China's embrace of electric trucks shifts oil market - TT
China's embrace of electric trucks shifts oil market - TT
Transport Topics –

Truck driver Qu Shaolong with his e-rig at a charging station in Yulin, Shaanxi Province. (Gilles Sabrié/Bloomberg) China's electric truck adoption accelerated in 2026 as rising diesel prices spurred strong sales growth and expanded use…

livescience.com - Leah Stokes - Trump can't stop America's shift to clean energy. And we can accelerate it.
Trump can't stop America's shift to clean energy. And we can accelerate it.
Live Science –

Donald Trump cannot make clean energy expensive again. He can only make Americans pay extra for it. His tariffs do just that. But cost declines work like a ratchet. Every solar factory built and every panel installed pushes costs down the curve.

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