Despite all the heavy dissemination of narratives and talking points about a “climate emergency” and the “energy transition” during 2021, the ongoing economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic proves that the world still heavily relies on fossil fuels to provide its...

Amid all the talk of global warming, climate change-induced catastrophes, decarbonization and green finance, the global trade in “dirty” coal is enjoying an ironic renaissance. Bulk ships are busy transporting coal to Asia — and to eco-conscious Europe — boosting freight...

The Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Ministry’s Mineral and Coal Director-General Ridwan Djamaluddin said Indonesia still has large coal reserves of 38.84 billion tons. “We still have about 60 to 65 years to go of our [coal] reserves,” said Ridwan in the...

A heat wave across some of China’s biggest industrial provinces has pushed local electricity consumption to unprecedented levels, sending thermal coal futures toward record highs. The power load in the eastern province of Zhejiang near Shanghai surpassed 100 million kilowatts per hour on...

Coal is expected to remain the dominant source of power for most of Southeast Asia and Australia in the coming decade, at least, and Fitch Solutions Country Risk and Industry Research says that will support the mining of coal and coal trade in the region. Coal currently remains the most...

Indonesia’s state-owned utility says it will start shutting down coal-fired power plants and phase them all out by 2055, amounting to 50 gigawatts of capacity. At the same time, it’s building 21 GW of new coal plants that will have an operating life until 2065 — a...

Commodity prices buffeted by the Chinese government’s crackdown on speculative trading are reversing losses made earlier this week with coal leading the way up. Thermal coal used to produce electricity rose above $100 a ton on Monday and was last trading at $106/t, the highest in three...

Indonesia set its coal benchmark price higher in June at $100.33 per tonne, the country's energy and minerals ministry said in a statement on Wednesday, driven by strong demand from China. This is $10.59, or 11.8%, more than May's benchmark price for coal and the highest since October...

Global seaborne coal trade volumes in 2021 are expected to grow more than 5% from 2020, with a further increase seen for 2022 despite decarbonization programs, Assocarboni, the General Association of Coal Operators, forecast May 10. “Seaborne trade will start to grow again: a 5% increase...

China emerged as one of the top importers of U.S. coal in the fourth quarter of 2020 as the country banned Australian coal from entering its territories amid diplomatic tensions. U.S. coal exports in the three-month period totaled 17.4 million tonnes, down 7.3% year over year but 25.1% higher...