Coal Top Stories

Seriti to build South Africa’s largest wind farm to power coal mines

The 155-megawatt, $236 million wind farm will generate about 75% of the electricity Seriti needs to run its coal mines in South Africa.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 2, 2023 | 5:34 am

Visualizing the scale of global fossil fuel production

How much oil, coal, and natural gas do we extract…

Visual Capitalist - Elements | February 1, 2023 | 11:20 am

VRIC 2023: Canada’s resource economy at a critical crossroads, former premiers say

Concern is growing over the federal government’s seeming inability to…

Henry Lazenby | February 1, 2023 | 7:22 am

Teck’s zinc production up; copper, coal miss guidance for 2022

Total refined zinc output was 248,900 tonnes, below the lower…

Staff Writer | January 31, 2023 | 11:11 am

Indonesia sees record coal exports of more than 500 million tonnes in 2023

Last year, Indonesia produced 687 million tonnes of coal.

Reuters | January 30, 2023 | 6:25 am

European coal price reaches one-month high as Russia supply curbs bite

The European Union, UK and Japan plan to phase out imports of the fuel to try to cut off a source of revenue for Moscow.

Bloomberg News | April 12, 2022 | 7:29 am

Western Australia is world’s new top mining destination

The resource-rich state replaced Nevada as most attractive region for mining investment in 2021, says the Fraser Institute.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 11, 2022 | 10:52 am

Asia unlikely to rescue Russian coal amid Europe ban

There are already signs that Asia is likely to buy less Russian coal, rather than more, in coming months, writes Clyde Russell.

Reuters | April 11, 2022 | 7:25 am

Market value of top 50 mining companies surge $335 billion during Q1 2022

Extreme volatility on metal and mining markets continued into 2022 amid historically low stockpiles of metal on global exchanges, but for most […]

Frik Els | April 8, 2022 | 1:46 pm

Analysts adjust higher metal price assumptions on Russia-Ukraine conflict

Russia's February invasion of Ukraine has triggered turmoil in commodity markets.

Henry Lazenby | April 7, 2022 | 10:50 am

China coal hub approves mega-mine that can produce for 97 years

The Baijiahaizi mine, in the key Chinese coal mining hub of Ordos, can produce 15 million tonnes of coal a year.

Bloomberg News | April 7, 2022 | 5:24 am

EU countries hunt for global coal stocks as Russian ban looms

EU envoys are set to approve on Thursday a ban on Russian coal that would take full effect from mid-August, a month later than initially planned.

Reuters | April 7, 2022 | 5:13 am

Colombia to tender gold, coal assets by end of June

The bidding round for coal exploration contracts opens this month, while gold round is expected in the first half of 2022.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 7, 2022 | 3:45 am

220-year chart shows “no evidence” green energy transition is underway

It took 70 years for oil and gas to take 50% of the global primary energy market from coal. Today renewables can't even match incremental growth in demand.

Frik Els | April 6, 2022 | 2:13 pm

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