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Drone Sinks Coal Carrier in the Red Sea

Yemen’s Houthi militants sunk a coal-carrier navigating the Bab el-Mandeb chokepoint in the Red Sea with a sea drone, Bloomberg reported. According to the report, the British navy said that the only visible objects in the last...

Ratcliffe Accepts Last Coal Delivery

The final order of coal was delivered to the UK’s last remaining coal-fired power plant, Ratcliffe Power Station, marking the end of an era for the site, according to BBC Nottingham. Commissioned in 1967, it generated enough...

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Bowen Sells Stake in Broadmeadow East

Bowen Coking Coal Ltd. sold a 10% interest in the Broadmeadow East mine to MPC Lenton Pty. Ltd., a subsidiary of the Formosa Plastics Group, for A$13 million ($8.7 million) in cash and a royalty of A$2.10 ($1.41) per metric ton...

China’s June Coal Imports Increase

Coal imports into China during June rose 12% year-on-year, according to Reuters. The country imported 44.6-million metric tons (mt), according to customs information, which was a marginal increase over the 43.8 million mt...

Missing Polish Coal Miner Rescued

A miner from the Rydułtowy mine in Poland’s Silesia region, who was missing 1,150 m below ground after a seismic event on Thursday morning, July 11, 2024, was found alive. After more than two days of searching in very difficult...

ADB Backs Indonesian Coal Development

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is investing $600 million with Indonesia’s state-run electricity utility, Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), to help fund a new 2,000-megawatt coal-fired power plant expansion. Indonesia, Southeast...

Capital Power Discontinue CCS Project

Capital Power Corp, the Edmonton, Alberta-based power company repowering the Genesee power plant, said it planned to discontinue its pursuit of the $2.4 billion Genesee carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in its Q1 2024...

Global Coal Trade Off to a Good Start in 2024

In a recent report, shipbroker Banchero Costa said that the global coal trade has now reached pre-Covid levels. In 2023, seaborne coal loadings increased by 5.8% year-on-year to 1.3 billion metric tons (mt) according to tracking...

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