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bloomberg.com - Rajesh Kumar Singh - India Classifies Coking Coal as Critical Mineral to Boost Output
India Classifies Coking Coal as Critical Mineral to Boost Output
Bloomberg

India classified coking coal as a critical mineral, a decision aimed at accelerating exploration and boosting supply, aiding the steel industry. The measure should spur mining by removing regulatory barriers including mandatory public…

forbes.com - Noël Fletcher - Indiana Wants Partners To Help Extract Rare Earth From Coal Waste
Indiana Wants Partners To Help Extract Rare Earth From Coal Waste
Forbes

Indiana is preparing to work with private industry to determine the feasibility of retrieving rare earth elements from its legacy coal byproducts. Gov. Mike Braun has been spearheading efforts to explore how to create a new revenue stream for the…

grist.org - Kate Yoder - Why the government is trying to make coal cute
Why the government is trying to make coal cute
Grist - Climate and environmental news

Can a lump of coal ever be … cute? It's a question no one was thinking about until last Thursday, when Interior Secretary Doug Burgum posted a cartoon of himself on X kneeling next to “Coalie” — a combustible lump with…

seekingalpha.com - Sander Heio - Warrior Met Coal: Assessing Blue Creek's Impact On HCC's Costs And Cash Flow (NYSE:HCC)
Warrior Met Coal: Assessing Blue Creek's Impact On HCC's Costs And Cash Flow (NYSE:HCC)
Seeking Alpha

Blue Creek's longwall started 8 months early, lifting 2025 guidance and marking a key inflection from heavy capex toward higher volumes and improving free cash flow. HCC delivered record Q3 sales volumes as Blue Creek ramped, while management…

denverpost.com - Noelle Phillips - Colorado AG, environmental groups challenge order to keep Craig coal plant open
Colorado AG, environmental groups challenge order to keep Craig coal plant open
The Denver Post

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and a coalition of six environmental groups on Wednesday challenged the U.S. Department of Energy to reconsider its emergency order that would keep open a broken…

france24.com - Czechs wind up black coal mining in green energy switch
Czechs wind up black coal mining in green energy switch
FRANCE 24

Like other European countries, the Czech Republic -- an EU member of 10.9 million -- is divesting from fossil fuels including black coal, used in heating plants or steelworks, to reduce emissions in line with EU targets. Black coal mining has a…

thehindubusinessline.com - Government notifies coking coal as Critical & Strategic Mineral
Government notifies coking coal as Critical & Strategic Mineral
BusinessLine

The government said on Thursday that it has notified Coking Coal as a Critical and Strategic Mineral under the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (MMDR Act). The move is part of the ongoing structural reforms in the mining…

adamtooze.substack.com - Adam Tooze - Top Links 997 AI in the bond market. How the UK ended coal. Pasolini on Gramsci and Trotsky on Europe.
Top Links 997 AI in the bond market. How the UK ended coal. Pasolini on Gramsci and Trotsky on Europe.
Chartbook

Thank you for your support of Chartbook. Your generosity keeps this show on the road. Firmin Baes, Lady in Gold (Can't find the date, but makes me think of 1920s club style). How Big Tech is bringing AI risk to the bond market.

abcnews.go.com -  MATTHEW DALY Associated Press - EPA plan would begin rolling back 'good neighbor' rule on downwind pollution from smokestacks
EPA plan would begin rolling back 'good neighbor' rule on downwind pollution from smokestacks
ABC News

WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration on Wednesday took a step toward rolling back a rule that limits smokestack emissions that burden downwind areas in neighboring states. The so-called “good neighbor” rule is one of dozens of…

asiatimes.com - Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat - Indonesia's Batang Toru crackdown puts China on green notice
Indonesia's Batang Toru crackdown puts China on green notice
Asia Times

The revocation of permits for dozens of companies operating in Indonesia's fragile forests—most notably the China-backed Batang Toru hydropower project—has been hailed as a bold environmental stand by President Prabowo Subianto. After…

theguardian.com - Oliver Milman - US leads record global surge in gas-fired power driven by AI demands, with big costs for the climate
US leads record global surge in gas-fired power driven by AI demands, with big costs for the climate
The Guardian

The US is leading a huge global surge in new gas-fired power generation that will cause a major leap in planet-heating emissions, with this record boom driven by the expansion of energy-hungry datacenters to service artificial intelligence…

courant.com - The Associated Press - EPA plan would begin rolling back rule on smokestack downwind pollution. Some comes to CT
EPA plan would begin rolling back rule on smokestack downwind pollution. Some comes to CT
Hartford Courant

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Wednesday took a step toward rolling back a rule that limits smokestack emissions that burden downwind areas in neighboring states. The so-called…

winnipegfreepress.com - Matthew Daly, The Associated Press - EPA plan would begin rolling back 'good neighbor' rule on downwind pollution from smokestacks
EPA plan would begin rolling back 'good neighbor' rule on downwind pollution from smokestacks
Winnipeg Free Press

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thehindu.com - Pti - Economic Survey 2025-26: Steel sector faces challenges of international price disparity, raw material security
Economic Survey 2025-26: Steel sector faces challenges of international price disparity, raw material security
The Hindu

“The domestic steel sector faces challenges related to international price disparity and raw material security,” the Economic Survey said on Thursday (January 29, 2026). Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Economic…

bbc.co.uk - Historic Clyde Puffer steamboat to be repaired with £245,000 grant
Historic Clyde Puffer steamboat to be repaired with £245,000 grant
BBC

One of Scotland's last traditional steamboats will be able to sail into the future after securing a grant. The Clyde Puffer SL VIC 32 was first built in 1943 and has operated as a tourist vessel around the west coast of Scotland since 1979. However…

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