Here’s how this West Virginia town is dealing with a fading coal industry

NANNING, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- China Shenhua Group Co. Ltd., the country's largest coal producer, has signed an agreement to build Asia's largest thermal power project in southern Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

A Pennsylvania research group has challenged the findings from Cornell University, which found that the carbon footprint of natural gas derived from shale is greater than the production of coal.

In a ruling that will be felt most heavily by older coal-burning power plants, the United States Environmetal Protection Agency announced new regulations last week to limit emissions of toxic air pollutants like mercury, arsenic and metals.

It is reported that thermal coal miner and exporter Ambre Energy is running a beauty parade of advisors for an initial public offering on the Australian Securities Exchange slated for May or June of 2012. Mr Edek Choros chief executive of Ambre said th...

The Coal India Ltd headquarters at Kolkata. (file photo) – A. Roy Chowdhury Co says gross calorific value-based system to be ‘revenue neutral' Coal India Ltd is believed to be gearing up to introduce the internationally-accepted gross calorific...

An unprecedented crackdown on corruption in India's mining industry, led by the Supreme Court and state-level agencies such as Karnataka's Lokayukta, coupled with rigorous enforcement of environmental norms is resulting in collateral damage to the economy, with plunging mining output leading to a fall in industrial production and GDP growth.

The discovery of a massive new coal reserve in Xinjiang Uygur is hoped will help meet China's coal requirements, which are set to grow to 1 gigaton during the 12th 5-year plan.

Tens of thousands of residents from Haimen, China, who protested the construction of a coal-fired power plant earlier this week, are now being arrested.

An underground coal mine proposed for near Margaret River in Western Australia has been rejected by the state's environment minister.