Et tu, Texas? Barely a week after Energy Secretary Rick Perry pitched his latest plan to revitalize the coal industry, the biggest power company in his home state announced it was shutting down one of the largest coal-fired power plants there. In fairness, Vistra Energy Corp. has been...

At the end of September, the U.S. Department of Energy quietly issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that amounts to requiring subsidies for coal and nuclear power plants. The rule would be a sea change in how electricity markets have...

LAUNCESTON, Australia, Oct 3 (Reuters) - China’s coal import data for August flung up an interesting anomaly in the form of renewed imports from North Korea, but of far more interest is the surge in cargoes from Russia. Customs data showed that China imported 1.6 million tonnes from North...

Russia is helping Ukrainian rebels sell coal on international markets to raise much-needed cash for pensions and social needs, evading a blockade imposed by the government in Kiev as efforts to implement a peace deal remain stalled. The separatists are sending nearly 1 million tons of coal per...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s eastern province of Shandong will ban the use of diesel trucks to transport coal from ports around the Bohai Sea starting on Oct. 1, according to a report by state news agency Xinhua on Monday, citing a statement from local authorities. Companies operating ports...

Houston (Platts)--21 Sep 2017 612 pm EDT/2212 GMT   US coal production slipped for the fourth consecutive week in the week ending September 16, but at 15.5 million st it was still 7.2% higher than in the same week of 2016, Energy Information Administration data showed...

* Sale to be decided before year-end - Engie * Energy market uncertainty clouds power plant valuation * Analyst estimates range between $300 mln and $1 bln (Adds banker, Prime Minister comments) By Sonali Paul and Paulina Duran MELBOURNE/SYDNEY, Sept 15 (Reuters) - France’s Engie...

JAKARTA, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Share prices of some of Indonesia’s biggest coal miners plunged on Wednesday after the country’s mining minister said he would be open to revising domestic coal pricing rules. PT Bukit Asam Tbk was worst hit, tumbling 17 percent to close at 10,075 rupiah...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India needs to partner with other countries to tap cheaper funds for cleaner coal technologies as the South Asian nation is expected to use the fuel to produce over half of its power in the next two decades, the World Coal Association chief said on Thursday. India, the...

BHP Billiton says prices of the nation’s two biggest exports — iron ore and coking coal — are expected to remain strong until at least the end of the year, in one of the more upbeat assessments of global commodities demand from a big miner in years. In its economic outlook,...