The Latest Breaking News from Coal

The coal industry is expected to witness growth on the backs of increased demand from emerging economies. Thus, quality coal stocks Peabody Energy Corp. (BTU), Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR), and CONSOL Energy (CEIX), currently trading at a discount to their peers and with significant upside potential, could be solid additions…

The Environmental Protection Agency is strengthening a rule aimed at controlling and cleaning up toxic waste from coal-fired power plants

Just when the controversial New Acland mine expansion seemed all but complete, an eleventh-hour legal bid aims to stop it in its tracks.

Four separate coal projects have been greenlit in Australia in the past four days — three in NSW and one in Queensland.

South Africa's climate policy body on Monday suggested the government could delay retiring its ageing coal-fired power plants to address electricity shortages and said a power crisis had put the country on track to meet its climate goals anyway.

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The outcry was loud and swift last week after Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek approved a new coal mine in central Queensland. It’s the first coal mine Labor has approved since coming to power a year ago.

Asia Biomass Plc (ABM), Thailand's largest biomass fuel producer and trader by volume, expects revenue to grow by 20% this year to more than 3.6 billion baht thanks to its business expansion amid growing concerns over global warming.

Vales Point Power Station and its associated coal mining operations have had 57 licence breaches over the 23 years.