BANGKOK (Reuters) - Asia’s heavy and expanding reliance on coal power risks cancelling out global progress towards preventing catastrophic climate change, a top United Nations official warned on Wednesday. While developing economies such as India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam...

When people talk about “big government,” they may be referring to the reams of paper the government uses each month to print reports. Take the Energy Information Agency, for example. It has just issued its monthly report on energy production for June, 2019. The report is 272 pages long....

70% of India's electricity is generated from thermal power plants The decision of 100% FDI under automatic route for coal mining activities including associated processing, infrastructure in the coal sector is the biggest reform by Modi Government which will help provide power to all...

Singapore — Market sources expect some disruption to mining activity and stricter environmental standards after the Indonesian government picked the coal-producing region of East Kalimantan to host the country's new capital. President Joko Widodo said Monday the new capital would be in...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa’s state power firm Eskom could sell its coal-fired power stations, possibly through a series of auctions, according to a policy paper published by the finance ministry on Tuesday for public comment. Eskom supplies more than 90% of the power in...

Thermal coal exporters face “significant risk” that demand from India will decline, a report by the Australian office of the chief economist says. It also warned of long-term uncertainties in the market considered a “great hope” by miners. The report, released on...

The price of coal used in power stations in Asia has fallen to its lowest level in three years due to fading demand in India and China, the two biggest coal consumers. Having surged to $120 a tonne last summer, the Australian benchmark seaborne price of thermal coal has fallen 44 per cent to $61...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese financial institutions provided at least $1 billion in “green” financing to coal-related projects in the first half of this year, a review of financial data showed, with fossil fuels still playing a major role in Beijing’s energy strategy. According...

If India is such a bright hope for global coal demand, why can’t investors see it? The country will experience the largest increase in coal burning through 2023, according to the International Energy Agency, with a 3.9% annual pace of growth that should be enough to offset falling...

Singapore — India is stepping up efforts to raise the share of gas in its energy basket, but consumption is unlikely to move ahead at a pace the government is aiming for as infrastructural and pricing hurdles erode its competitiveness with relatively cheaper fuels such as coal. Analysts...