Anglo American has approved the development of the Aquila project, in central Queensland’s Bowen Basin, which will become one of the most “technologically advanced underground mines in the world”, according to the company’s Tyler Mitchelson. With an expected capital cost...

Thirty-four coal mining companies have submitted their work program and budget revisions (RKABs) to the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry to apply for process production quota increases, a ministry official said on Monday night. The ministry’s coal supervisory and business director,...

NEW DELHI, July 19 (Reuters) - Coal imports by Indian coal utilities during the first half of 2019 rose 53.4% from a year earlier to 35.47 million tonnes, data provided by India’s Central Electricity Authority (CEA) showed. Demand for seaborne coal imports in India has risen because of a...

NEW DELHI, July 19 (Reuters) - Coal imports by Indian coal utilities during the first half of 2019 rose 53.4% from a year earlier to 35.47 million tonnes, data provided by India's Central Electricity Authority (CEA) showed. Demand for seaborne coal imports in India has risen because of a...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The world’s biggest miner, BHP Group, on Wednesday said it planned to produce less thermal coal in the coming financial year and that it would wash it instead as part of a drive to raise the quality of the commodity. BHP said its New South Wales Energy coal production...

China’s coal output rose in June from the previous month to a record high, official data showed, as miners ramped up production to ensure supply ahead of peak summer demand for electricity. The world’s top coal producer churned out 333.35 million tonnes of coal in June, up 6.7% from...

Coal-power stations capable of producing 10,437 megawatts (MW) of electricity will be fired up in the next few weeks, a Reuters survey of the companies shows. Japanese utilities will rely on the return of coal-fired power plants from maintenance to meet peak electricity demand this summer,...

BHP Group is moving ahead with plans to exit thermal coal, according to people familiar with the matter, the latest move by the world’s biggest miners to retreat from the dirtiest fuel. BHP is looking at options to divest the business that includes assets in Australia and Colombia, said...

A new ultra-high voltage transmission line launched this week in China is expected to dramatically cut demand for thermal coal, according to market sources quoted by S&P Global Platts. The new ultra-high voltage transmission line, stretching 3,324 kilometers (2,065-miles) from the Xinjiang...

Bochum, Germany: While the ink is still drying on the approval for Australia's new controversial coal mine, Germany is working to extinguish the coal industry entirely. Adani was cleared to start work on the Carmichael mine in central Queensland in mid-June after the state government ticked...