BEIJING (Reuters) - China expanded its coal-to-gas and coal-to-electricity projects to 35 cities in 2018 from 12 cities the previous year, China’s environment minister, Li Ganjie, said on Monday, as the world’s second-largest economy stepped up its fight against smog. China’s...

One of the largest suppliers of electricity for the island of O‘ahu is a coal-fired power plant. While Hawai‘i is committed to reduce its use of fossil fuels in coming years, it’s a different story for another location in the Asia Pacific. There’s a proposal to build a...

Sydney — Exports of coal from North Queensland, Australia, plummeted in February as the region's coal chain faced industrial action and weather-related issues, data from North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation showed Thursday. There was a total of 8.92 million mt of coal shipped from...

The resources minister, Matt Canavan, has declared “now” is the right time to build new coal-fired power, as the prime minister insisted his pre-election priorities were securing passage of budget bills and helping north Queensland recover from the recent floods. The comments from...

Barcelona — Spanish coal consumption dropped 35% in February, continuing a decline that saw an 18% drop for the full year 2018, according to data published Saturday by Spanish grid operator Red Electrica de Espana (REE). Output from Spanish coal-fired plants was 2.2 TWh in the month and...

Singapore — Australia's largest metallurgical coal producer, BHP-Mitsubishi Alliance, or BMA, has sold a new brand of hard coking coal named Australian coking coal HS this week, market sources told S&P Global Platts Friday. Australian coking coal HS has these specifications: 60%...

BANGKOK -- State-owned energy group PTT will spend billions of dollars over the next decade to increase Thailand's natural gas supply, supporting the government's efforts to diversify the country's coal-heavy energy mix. Plans for the five years through 2023 call for 167 billion baht...

Amid the brouhaha surrounding the large land concessions managed by members of Indonesia's political elite, Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister Luhut Pandjaitan has admitted to owning a 6,000-hectare coal mine in East Kalimantan. The coal mine, the senior minister said, was a concession...

Houston — Ramaco Resources said it sold nearly 2.15 million st of coal in 2018 at an average sales price of roughly $78/st, up threefold from 608,000 st sold in 2017 at approximately $66/st, the company said Monday. In a preliminary quarterly earnings statement, the Lexington, Kentucky...

Stepping inside the Datteln power plant in western Germany feels like entering a cathedral: the eye is drawn relentlessly upwards, towards a platform where workers are busy welding a 120m-tall furnace capable of burning 400 tonnes of coal an hour. Billed as the most modern and efficient...