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Court orders South Africa government to clean up air in coal belt

March 19, 2022March 19, 2022 admin

A South African court on Friday upheld a complaint by activists that poor air quality in the coal belt is a breach of constitutional rights, giving the environment minister a year to enforce a clean air plan. South Africa’s coal belt, east of the capital Pretoria and main city Johannesburg is home to an estimated 3.6 million people, as well as a dozen Eskom coal-fired power stations and some Sasol petrochemicals plants. Activists, scientists and doctors, as well as a United Nations human rights expert have argued that the epidemic… Read More Here

55% dependent on Russian gas, Germany opposes the ban on imports of gas, oil and coal from Putin’s country

March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 admin

The Federal Republic of Germany opposes the ban on imports of gas, oil and coal from Russia. It was the German Ministers of Finance and Foreign Affairs who expressed this position of the German Government in response to European sanctions against Russia. For Germany, the ban on importing gas, oil and coal from Russia would threaten the social peace of the country. “We must be able to hold the sanctions over time,” explained the Head of German diplomacy, Annalena Baerbock, to the ARD channel. And to add: “It is useless… Read More Here

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Coal India signs mining’s largest dragline order in decades for five 1,960 t machines from Russia’s Uralmashplant

April 12, 2021April 12, 2021 admin

Uralmashplant JSC (UZTM), part of the UZTM-KARTEX Group, the leading Russian manufacturer of mining equipment, recently won the tender for supply of five walking draglines to the leading Indian mining concern Coal India Ltd (CIL). On March 25, in Kolkata, Yan Tsenter, CEO of UZTM-KARTEX Managing Company and Binay Dayal, Technical Director of Coal India Ltd., in the presence of the Chairman of the CIL Board of Directors Pramod Agrawal signed the contract which is worth more than $350 million. This is the largest transaction for UZTM over the past… Read More Here

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Coal production from top 10 companies expected to increase by up to 6.6%

April 10, 2021April 10, 2021 admin

Coal production from the top ten mining companies (Coal India, China Shenhua, Yanzhou Coal, Peabody, China National Coal, Glencore, Siberian Coal, PT Bumi, BHP and Arch Resources) fell from a collective 1,704 Mt in 2019 to 1,633 Mt in 2020, which is a 4.2% decline. The most significant declines were observed from Arch Resources (28.6%), PT Bumi (24.9%), Glencore (23.9%), and Peabody (21.8%), according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. GlobalData expects production from the top ten companies to be between 1,683-1,740 Mt in 2021, which is an… Read More Here

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Adding copper salts to coal may increase combustion efficiency – study

February 17, 2021February 17, 2021 admin

Russian scientists published a study where they propose adding copper salts to coal products to modify the fuel’s combustion efficiency. According to the researchers, the addition of copper salts reduces the content of unburnt carbon in ash residue by 3.1 times and CO content in the gaseous combustion products by 40%. Despite global efforts to reduce coal consumption, the black rock is still the primary fuel source for power generation, responsible for over one-third of global electricity in 2020. THE METHOD OF COAL COMBUSTION ACTIVATION BY METAL SALTS IS BASED ON INTENSIFICATION OF THE… Read More Here

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China coal output rises to highest since 2015

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021 admin

China’s coal output rose last year to its highest since 2015, despite Beijing’s climate change pledge to reduce consumption of the dirty fossil fuel and months of disruption at major coal mining hubs. The world’s biggest coal miner and consumer produced 3.84 billion tonnes of coal in 2020, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Monday. China’s coal output dropped after reaching a peak of 3.97 billion tonnes in 2013, as Beijing axed excessive mining capacity and promoted clean energy consumption. But production is rising amid surging industrial… Read More Here

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Coal sales to rebound with first gains in years in US, Europe

December 19, 2020December 21, 2020 admin

Global coal demand is poised to rebound next year as the economy recovers and the US and Europe may see the first increase in consumption in several years, the International Energy Agency said. Despite the global shift toward economies based on renewable energy, the dirtiest fossil fuel looks set to keep its role as the world’s biggest power source although its share will slip to 35% in 2021 from 36.5% last year. Coal use in power generation globally is expected to increase by as much as 2.8% next year as electricity demand rebounds particularly in Asia, the IEA said in… Read More Here

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China coal imports to increase in December – report

November 25, 2020November 25, 2020 admin

An analysis published by Wood Mackenzie forecasts that thermal coal imports will increase in December in China. According to the market analyst, seaborne thermal coal imports will grow from 9.5 Mt to 20 Mt in December. This new figure is much higher than the 8.8 Mt in September or the 17.7 Mt average of the first nine months of the year. In WoodMac’s view, the increase will work to ease domestic prices and strengthen seaborne prices. The scenario that leads to such growth is based on a series of factors that have… Read More Here

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S.African investors exit local coal project on climate concerns

November 10, 2020November 10, 2020 admin

South African investors have pulled out of a local multi-billion dollar coal-fired power plant project, putting its construction at risk as opposition to the use of fossil-fuels in the country grows despite crippling power shortages. Across the world, investors are coming under increasing pressure to ditch coal, the most polluting of fossil fuels, and switch to greener energy. *Across the world, investors are coming under increasing pressure to ditch coal, the most polluting of fossil fuels, and switch to greener energy Read More Here

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Glencore lowers coal production guidance as strike at Cerrejón continues

November 1, 2020November 1, 2020 arnbethnic

Multinational commodity company Glencore delivered a solid third-quarter operating performance, including the continued successful ramp-up of Katanga, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which remains on track to achieve design capacity by year-end, CEO Ivan Glasenberg said on October 30. “Our teams have adapted well to the numerous challenges presented by Covid-19.ADVERTISEMENT “We maintain our 2020 full-year production guidance, except coal, which was adjusted for the extended strike at Cerrejón . We will provide a detailed business update, including progress on climate change initiatives at our investor update on December 4,” he notes. For coal, the company… Read More Here