China’s solar power capacity on course to surpass coal this year
The Asian nation runs on some of the world’s cheapest electricity at more than twice the scale of the US A’S solar generating capacity is expected to surpass coal for the first…
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Indonesia coal miners warn of layoffs, economic risks over proposed output cuts
The trims aim to push up the plunging thermal coal prices amid fears of oversupply by the country Indonesia’s Coal Mining Association (ICMA) has objected to steep production cuts…
How coal mine waste could power America’s next clean energy movement
Across Appalachia, rust-colored water seeps from abandoned coal mines, staining rocks orange and coating stream beds with metals. These acidic discharges, known as acid mine drainage, are…
The Trump administration has a new mascot: A literal hunk of coal
Mascots are currently enjoying a renaissance. From McDonald’s Grimace to the WNBA’s Ellie the Elephant and Pop-Tarts’ Pop-Tart guy, companies everywhere are leaning on characters to…
This old Pennsylvania coal town could get a reboot from AI
As the September evening inched along, the line of residents waiting their turn for the microphone held steady. Filing down the auditorium aisles at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania,…
China confronts the cost of dismantling the world’s biggest coal sector
Green industries have created more than seven million jobs and ultimately there will be net growth in employment from the energy transition ON A dusty afternoon in the northern reaches of…
Tactics to dump coal are failing in Asia as energy demand booms
Indonesia has cancelled a flagship project that was the poster child for shuttering coal plants early Coal’s future in Asia is looking brighter, as the top-consuming region’s efforts to…
Is CoreWeave the AI boom’s canary in a coal mine?
CoreWeave stock dropped 8% Monday after the AI cloud computing company announced plans to raise another $2 billion, this time through convertible debt, to finance its rapid build-out of…
Geo Energy Q3 net profit falls 55% to US$3.2 million due to lower coal prices
Indonesian coal producer Geo Energy Resources on Friday (Nov 14) reported a 55 per cent decline in net profit to US$3.2 million for the third quarter ended Sep 30, from US$7 million the…
Trump administration announces US$100 million in funding to upgrade coal plants
The US Department of Energy on Friday (Oct 31) announced that it would make US$100 million available to refurbish and modernise existing coal-fired power plants. The move is part of the…
Malaysia bets on mix of solar and gas as it shifts away from coal
The cost-per-unit for solar is actually much cheaper than gas and coal, says TNB CEO Megat Jalaluddin Malaysia will focus on a mix of solar and gas-fired power generation as it shifts away…
Cheap Chinese coal is making it difficult to reduce consumption
Chinese coal prices are on course to close out 2025 with a whimper rather than a bang, ahead of a critical year in the government’s mission to meet its climate targets. Even after a couple…
China’s chemicals makers reap reward of shift from oil to coal
Falling coal prices are shifting the profitability of China’s chemicals sector, away from traditional oil-based producers to the growing number of plants that use the solid fuel as their…
Indonesia scraps coal pricing rules after pushback from buyers
Indonesia scrapped rules forcing miners to sell coal and minerals at government-determined levels after buyers pushed back against a system introduced earlier this year. Miners…
Chinese steel and coal output drop as supply pressures mount
Chinese steel and coal output fell in July, as bad weather affected operations and the government’s efforts to rein in overcapacity intensified. Both industries are in the crosshairs of…
China cuts coal imports, buys more oil and gas in July
China’s coal imports fell for the fifth time in six months in July as Beijing leaned more on domestic mining and boosted oil and gas imports to meet the country’s energy needs. At the same…
China cuts coal imports, deepens Asean ties amid trade shifts
China’s coal imports fell for the fifth time in six months in July as Beijing leaned more on domestic mining and boosted oil and gas imports to meet the country’s energy needs. At the same…
China’s coal pipeline risks creating glut, blowing climate goals
China’s proposed coal mine developments risk creating an oversupply and derailing climate goals, according to Global Energy Monitor (GEM). More than 450 sites are in development across…
China’s coal price surge may lose steam without policy support
A rally in Chinese coal prices following government moves to tackle excess supply will probably be fleeting without policies that support demand, according to the leading…
Trump is trying to prop up coal, oil, and gas—but the economics of fossil fuel are failing
Since the start of his second presidential term, Donald Trump has hampered the development of new clean energy projects and at the same time pushed to revive the coal industry. It’s a move…
China shuns low-grade coal from Indonesia as imports collapse
Indonesia bore the brunt of a sharp fall in China’s coal imports last month, underscoring how Chinese power plants have shifted away from lower-quality fuel due to persistent domestic…
The Trump administration is pushing to open new coal mines that will likely never turn a profit
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist‘s weekly newsletter here. It looked for a while like the coal mining era was over in the Clearfork Valley of East Tennessee,…
Indonesia looking at levy on coal exports to boost state coffers
Prabowo Subianto’s administration has been rolling out an array of revenue-boosting measures to fund the president’s big-ticket spending plans Indonesia, the world’s biggest coal…
Wyoming announces its first new coal mine in decades will extract rare earth metals
The developer of what would be the first new coal mine in Wyoming in decades is launching a potentially half-billion-dollar effort to extract rare earth metals from the fossil fuel that…