While China’s industrial sector crashes, one corner is booming. Oddly enough, it’s probably bad news for participants. Fixed-asset investment in mining increased 27.4% from a year earlier in July, continuing an extraordinary run this year that puts growth at the fastest pace in a...

The country's coal imports increased by 28.7 per cent to 24.14 million tonnes in June on the back of softening of non-coking coal prices in the international markets. The country had imported 18.75 million tonnes of coal in the corresponding month of the previous fiscal, according to a...

Pacific basin benchmark Newcastle coal prices will likely average USD 79.30/t in the fourth quarter, down 4% – or USD 3.30 – from previous estimates, amid expectations of weaker demand, said economic analysis firm Focus Economics. Prices in 2020 would average 3% less than forecast...

The government has set the country's coal reference price (HBA) for August at US$72.67 per ton, a slight increase from $71.92 per ton the previous month. Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry spokesman Agung Pribadi said little change was expected in coal prices on the world market this...

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Approvals for new coal mine construction in China have surged in 2019, government documents showed, with Beijing expecting consumption of the commodity to rise in the coming years even as it steps up its fight against smog and greenhouse gas emissions. Long-term cuts...

* The Indonesian government has set its coal benchmark price (HBA) for August at $72.67 per tonne, according to an official document from the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry * It is higher than July’s benchmark price of $71.92 and also the first increase in a year, according to Eikon...

State electricity firm PLN has estimated that the coal use for electricity generation in Indonesia will increase by around 12 percent this year due to additional demand from new power plants. PLN system planning manager Arief Sugiyanto said in Jakarta on Thursday that two new coal-fired power...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's coal-fired power generation capacity is expected to rise by 22.4% in three years, the federal power ministry's chief engineer said on Wednesday, potentially neutralising its efforts to cut emissions by boosting adoption of renewable energy. India, the third...

KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. PT United Tractors Tbk (UNTR, anggota indeks Kompas100 ini) berhasil menorehkan pertumbuhan produksi batubara kokas atawa coking coal pada semester I 2019. Corporate Secretary United Tractors Sara K Loebis menuturkan perseroan sudah memproduksi 674.000 ton batubara kokas....

Australian insurance giant Suncorp will no longer invest in, finance or insure new thermal coal mines and power plants, and will not underwrite any existing thermal coal projects after 2025. This is the latest in a series of pledges by banks and financial services companies that they will not...