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Chinese coal miners strike over wages, layoffs
Mar 14, 2016 (AFP)
Thousands of miners in China's coal-rich northeast have gone on strike over months of unpaid wages, amid fears of mass layoffs as the government seeks to restru...
High-carbon coal products could derail China's clean energy efforts
Mar 08, 2016 (SPX)
China's plan to ramp up production of new chemicals and synthetic fuels made from coal could derail recent efforts to lower its carbon dioxide emissions and ins...
U.S. coal exports on the decline; As JPMorgan sounds warning
Mar 07, 2016 (UPI)
While the United States remained a net exporter of coal, last year's levels marked the third straight year for declines, federal data show. "Slower growth in wo...
China coal consumption drops again: govt
Feb 29, 2016 (AFP)
China's coal consumption fell for the second year in a row, government data showed Monday, as the world's biggest polluter attempts to tackle chronic pollution ...
Central Appalachia flatter as result of mountaintop mining
Feb 08, 2016 (UPI)
The region of Appalachia is defined by the Appalachian Mountains, but new research suggests Central Appalachia is a bit flatter than it once was thanks to mount...
Adani's mega coal mine clears Australia environmental hurdle
Feb 02, 2016 (AFP)
A controversial India-backed project to develop a huge coal mine near Australia's Great Barrier Reef was Tuesday one step closer to fruition after Queensland st...
'Miracle' rescue of four China miners after 36 days underground
Jan 30, 2016 (AFP)
Four miners trapped underground for 36 days in a collapsed Chinese gypsum mine were pulled out late Friday, a "miracle" rescue in a country with a poor track re...
Coal formation linked to assembly of supercontinent Pangea
Jan 22, 2016 (SPX)
The consolidation of the ancient supercontinent Pangea 300 million years ago played a key role in the formation of the coal that powered the Industrial Revoluti...
Abandon coal, oil or face climate disaster, Davos experts warn
Jan 21, 2016 (AFP)
Humanity must stop burning coal, oil and gas to power the global economy or face an irreversible climate catastrophe, scientists, business chiefs and analysts w...
US freezes new coal mine permits in environmental review
Jan 15, 2016 (AFP)
The US government announced Friday a freeze on issuing permits for new coal mines on government land, in a review of the environmental impact of federal coal po...
U.S. coal getting squeezed
Jan 12, 2016 (UPI)
A bankruptcy filing by Arch Coal Inc. pushes the default rate for U.S. coal companies up 4 percent from the end of December, Fitch Ratings finds. Arch Coal, one...
11 killed in China coal mine collapse: reports
Jan 07, 2016 (AFP)
Eleven miners were found dead Thursday after a Chinese coal mine caved in, state media reported, the latest fatal industrial accident in the country where work ...
Eight survivors found after Chinese mine cave-in
Dec 30, 2015 (AFP)
Eight people were found alive in a Chinese gypsum mine Wednesday, state media said, five days after it collapsed in an accident that reportedly prompted its own...
Chinese mine collapse leads to owner's suicide: state media
Dec 27, 2015 (AFP)
The owner of a Chinese gypsum mine committed suicide Sunday after a cave-in which killed one person and left 17 trapped, state media said. Ma Congbo drowned him...
Hard economic lessons as China's coal boom ends
Dec 09, 2015 (AFP)
Coated in thick black dust, hundreds of miners emerge after another shift gouging out the coal that fuelled China's boom and its choking pollution -- an industr...
Poland's coal addiction exacts heavy health, economic toll
Dec 02, 2015 (AFP)
The thick, grey layer of smog blanketing Poland's southern city of Krakow is one of the most visible symptoms of the EU member's addiction to coal, a habit expe...
Coal mine fire in northeast China kills 21: state media
Nov 21, 2015 (AFP)
At least 21 people died in a fire at a mine operated by northeast China's biggest state-owned coal company, state media reported on Saturday, the latest acciden...
India revisits energy mix
Nov 16, 2015 (UPI)
India may need to import less coal to meet its demands for energy as it works to retool its energy sector, a minister said at an investment conference. Coal Ind...
Coal subsidised with 10bn euros a year in EU: study
Nov 13, 2015 (AFP)
EU states are subsidising climate-harming coal to the tune of 10 billion euros ($10.7 billion) a year, according to a German study due to be released next week....
Few bright spots for U.S. coal
Nov 10, 2015 (UPI)
The coal industry in the United States faces more prospects of decline because of strains on export options and green agendas, Fitch Ratings finds. Fitch said t...
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