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Global coal demand reached a record high in 2025 but is expected to decline by 2030 as renewables, nuclear power and abundant natural gas squeeze its dominance in power generation, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday. Weaning the world off coal is considered vital to achieving global climate targets, but the fossil fuel remains the single biggest fuel to make electricity. Coal demand is forecast to rise 0.5% in... »

Due to coal extraction at the Barapukuria mine, houses in Patrapara village have been experiencing tremors, land subsidence, and cracks in various places. On Thursday, the Village Homestead Protection Committee held a press conference at Patrapara Bazar under Hamidpur Union of the upazila, alleging that these problems were caused by coal mining activities. The villagers demanded compensation and immediate remedial measures for the damages. They also warned that if their... »

Full-scale stone extraction has resumed at the Granite Mining Company Limited (SGMCL) Katin Shila Mine from the morning shift on Thursday. After stone extraction work at Parbatipur Mine was suspended for 8 days, Mining contractors Germania Trade Consortium (GTC) and Germania Corporation Limited (GCL) issued a notice on Wednesday (July 2) night, announcing an indefinite suspension of mining operations (stone extraction) due to the unrest and chaotic situation. Following the... »

Glencore and Yancoal have withdrawn a proposal for the largest coal mining project in New South Wales from consideration under federal environmental laws after state planning officials raised concerns about the development’s greenhouse gas emissions. The Hunter Valley Operations (HVO) expansion would have extended the life of two mines in the Hunter region by about 20 years, generating what the state’s Environment Protection Authority described as “significant unabated GHG emissions”. Both the... »

Oct 10, 2024 (Bloomberg) — China’s biggest coal miner announced the construction this week of another massive project to supply feedstock for petrochemicals makers and help clear a prospective surplus of the fossil fuel. China Energy Investment Corp. said it will spend 170 billion yuan ($24 billion) to build an integrated plant in the northwestern region of Xinjiang that will turn coal into oil products. As is expected of all such... »

QUETTA, Pakistan, Oct 11, 2024 (BSS/AFP) – Twenty coal miners were shot dead in an overnight attack by a group of heavily armed men who laid siege to their lodgings in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, police said Friday. Up to 40 attackers fired at the miners for half an hour starting around 12:30 am (1930 GMT Thursday) “before escaping into the night”, said Asim Shafi, the head of police in... »

Bangladesh is facing a complex transition from coal-based energy, said the Global Energy Monitor in its Boom and Bust Coal 2024 report published on 11 April. This year’s report, published globally, sheds light on Bangladesh’s coal energy landscape and emphasises the importance of using renewable energy. It calls for a shift from coal-based energy to renewable energy sources. The report highlighted Bangladesh’s economic burden due to its excessive reliance on... »

Twenty coal mines are likely to become operational by the end of this year, a move that will reduce coal imports and help meet rising power demand. Peak power demand in the country is likely to cross 400 GW by 2030. According to an official source, these 20 coal blocks include seven of Coal India and three of Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL). They will contribute another 100 million tonne... »

A Bangladeshi ship has arrived at Mongla port from Indonesia with more than 32,000 tonnes of coal for Rampal power plant where a fuel shortage forced a suspension of production on several occasions in recent times. The work to unload the coal brought by the ship, MV Bashundhara Impress, started on Sunday evening, said Khandaker Riazul Haque, an assistant manager of Togey Shipping and Logistics Ltd, the local agent of... »

Vietnam will not develop new coal power plants after 2030, according to a long-delayed national power plan published Tuesday, although the blueprint drew criticism that the transition to renewables is too slow. The Southeast Asian country committed to reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 at the COP26 climate summit in 2021. The $135-billion plan for its energy policy until 2030, mapping how it will reach those targets, was delayed for... »