China’s Q1 coal output rises 16% on strong demand for winter heating

The company, which is controlled by businessman Igor Zyuzin and came close to bankruptcy last year, circulated the final draft of a restructuring proposal among its creditors.

A coal miner in West Virginia has died following an accident at a mine owned by Revelation Energy, LLC.

British wind farms generated more electricity than coal plants on more than 75% of days this year.

The city of Jerada has seen four days of massive protests.

Officials say the mine was dug with little regard for safety.

Beijing also imported no iron ore, coal or lead from North Korea in November.

With some vessels waiting to load coal and iron ore outside Australian ports for over a month, key charter rates jumped to highest in more than three years.

For all the doom and gloom about the future of coal, the past two years have been a boom time for coal prices that's exceeded by their 2010 to 2012 peak.

A sale would allow Rio to complete its exit from coal and continue an asset divestment program that has returned more than $7 billion since 2013.