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Europe’s Coal Power Is Going up in Smoke -- Fast
Rabu, 19 April 2017 / 19:20 WIB
The long goodbye for coal in Europe is accelerating as the cost of shifting to green energy plunges.
Companies including Drax Group Plc, Steag GmbH to Uniper SE are closing or converting coal-burning generators at a record pace from Austria to the U.K., made obsolete by...
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China Gas Output Rises to Record as Coal Production Rebounds
Senin, 17 April 2017 / 19:17 WIB
China’s natural gas production surged to a record last month and coal output rebounded as economic growth accelerated power use in the world’s largest energy user.
Natural gas production in March rose 8.2 percent from the average of the first two months of the year to a record...
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Anglo American to sell some South Africa coal operations
Senin, 10 April 2017 / 18:38 WIB
APRIL 10, 2017 by: Joseph Cotterill in Johannesburg
Anglo American said on Monday it had agreed to sell coal operations in South Africa that supply domestic power stations to a black-owned company, in a sign that the mining group is pressing ahead with a strategy to exit some assets in the...
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Coal Exports Disrupted in Cyclone-Hit Australia as Floodwaters Rise
Senin, 03 April 2017 / 15:52 WIB
Damage to rail lines in cyclone-hit northeast Australia is set to disrupt exports of the steel-making material from the world's largest coking coal region, underpinning prices and raising the prospect of major producers declaring force majeure.
The extent of the damage, which will hit coal...
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After 2016 Squeeze, Some Top China Banks Set For Stronger Growth
Jumat, 31 Maret 2017 / 15:48 WIB
Improving asset quality and rising loan demand could see some of China's biggest listed banks bolster their profit growth this year, bankers signaled this week, even as interest margins remain under pressure and more bad loans are written off.
"The trend is promising," Yi Huiman,...
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Australia's Dirtiest Coal Plant Closes, Energy Crisis Deepens
Kamis, 30 Maret 2017 / 15:46 WIB
The doors to Australia's dirtiest power station will close permanently on Friday after 50 years, amping up pressure on a government desperate to avoid the kind of embarrassing blackouts that hit chunks of the country during a recent savage heatwave.
France's Engie SA is pulling the plug...
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Germany Converting a Huge Coal Mines Into Giant Renewable Battery
Jumat, 24 Maret 2017 / 15:38 WIB
A German coal mine will be converted into giant “battery station” to store enough renewable energy to power some 400,000 homes.
The Prosper-Haniel pit in the state of North Rhine Westphalia near the Dutch border, has produced the fossil fuel for almost half a century.
But now it...
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Making Coal Competitive Again
Kamis, 23 Maret 2017 / 15:20 WIB
The March 19 Business article “Coal in the Trump age ” rushed to accentuate the negatives for an industry that is recovering from a multiyear trough. The coal sector has been devastated by lower demand and job loss in recent years as regulations have significantly increased the cost of...
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China kickstarting new coal boom in Pakistan
Jumat, 17 Maret 2017 / 15:19 WIB
Chinese investments are speeding up new coal developments in the Thar region of Pakistan, despite local water scarcity and pollution and an abundance of solar energy potential.
The CEO of Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECM), Shamsuddin Ahmad Shaikh, said on Thursday that with government and...
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Anglo's South African Coal Bidders Said to Consider Listings
Selasa, 14 Maret 2017 / 15:13 WIB
The two main bidders for Anglo American Plc’s South African coal mines plan to list their companies if they are successful in buying the operations, according to three people familiar with the plans.
Phembani Group, founded by MTN Group Ltd. Chairman Phuthuma Nhleko, and Masimong Minerals...
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Indonesia's March HBA Thermal Coal Price Falls 2% On Month
Selasa, 07 Maret 2017 / 15:06 WIB
Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources set its March thermal coal reference price, also known as Harga Batubara Acuan or HBA, at $81.90/mt, down 1.7% from February, but up about 58.7% from a year ago.
The ministry had set the price for February at $83.32/mt and the March 2016...
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Indonesia's Adaro Sees Coal Prices, Demand Improving in 2017: CEO
Kamis, 02 Maret 2017 / 15:03 WIB
Jakarta. The chief executive of Adaro Energy, Indonesia's biggest coal miner by market capitalization, said thermal coal prices have bottomed and will increase in 2017 along with rising import demand from China and Southeast Asia.
Cargo prices for Australian thermal coal from Newcastle ,...
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Indonesia: Coal miner will benefit from rising coal prices in 2017
Rabu, 01 Maret 2017 / 14:59 WIB
With low coal prices early this year, coal miner PT Indo Tambangraya Megah (ITMG) managed to chart growth last year and therefore, analysts estimate that the company may maintain its growth.
According to data from Bloomberg, coal prices listed in ICE Futures Europe as per export contracts in...
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Coal-Loving Indonesia Stock Investor Doubles Down After 43% Gain
Jumat, 17 Februari 2017 / 20:05 WIB
Indonesian stock fund manager Agus Yanuar has trounced his peers and the Jakarta Composite Index over the past year by riding a rebound in commodity prices. Now, the chief investment officer at PT Samuel Aset Manajemen says he’s sticking to his guns.
Yanuar’s SAM Indonesian...
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China rejects North Korean coal shipment -Yonhap
Rabu, 15 Februari 2017 / 20:04 WIB
Feb 15 China rejected a shipment of coal from North Korea a day after the country testfired a ballistic missile in violation of international sanctions, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported on Wednesday.
A load of around 16,295 tonnes of North Korean coal, estimated to be worth around...
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India’s Coal Giant Risks Burning Investors
Senin, 13 Februari 2017 / 20:03 WIB
Fancy a truckload of the world’s biggest coal miner?
New Delhi is planning to sell a 10 percent stake in Coal India Ltd., the Economic Times reported Monday, without saying where it got the information. Such a deal could be worth about 197 billion rupees ($2.9 billion) at current...
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The Outlook for Coal Looks Brighter in 2017
Jumat, 10 Februari 2017 / 20:03 WIB
The coal industry will begin to reverse its downward slide in 2017, according to U.S. data.
Coal production is coming off its worst year since 1978, and for the first time, last year natural gas overtook coal as the dominant fuel for electricity generation in the U.S. Production of coal fell 18%...
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Chaos at Indonesian ports disrupts coal shipping
Rabu, 08 Februari 2017 / 20:02 WIB
Road blockages and bad weather in Kalimantan on the Indonesian side of Borneo island are being blamed for a disruption of coal supplies from one of the world’s most important export regions.
Coal traders and ship operators cited several reasons for the loading delays.
According to...
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Gas and Coal are Big Winners in Electricity Capacity Auction
Senin, 06 Februari 2017 / 20:01 WIB
Coal-fired power generators were among the winners of contracts worth £378m to generate electricity next winter, highlighting the tension between government efforts to reduce carbon emissions and the need for energy security.
Gas-fired power stations secured the biggest share of contracts...
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Burning Wood Beats Coal at J-Power Amid Climate Change Fight
Rabu, 01 Februari 2017 / 20:00 WIB
Japan’s biggest electricity wholesaler knows it’ll take more than cutting-edge coal technology to save the environment.
Electric Power Development Co., known as J-Power, is looking to build its first major power plant that burns natural gas near cities such as Tokyo as well as use...
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For Vietnam Coal Will Ensure A ‘Cheap’ Energy Future. Or Will It?
Selasa, 31 Januari 2017 / 19:59 WIB
In 2011, World Bank predicted Vietnam would be one of the five countries worst affected by climate change. It was an ominous prognosis for a country on the cusp of embracing capitalism. A late entrant to the free market club it hungered for prosperity and new wealth. Six years on, the...
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Coal is The New Black With New-Technology Power Stations
Rabu, 25 Januari 2017 / 19:57 WIB
When the power went out in South Australia in September, linking renewable energy to concerns about electricity reliability, it lit the fuse on something unthinkable only a short time before — a return of coal.
As governments grow frustrated by tight gas supplies because of new exports and...
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Germany needs to start coal phase-out by 2019 to honour Paris targets
Senin, 23 Januari 2017 / 19:56 WIB
If Germany wants to meet its obligations under the Paris Agreement then it must start phasing out coal as an energy source by the end of the decade, according to a major new study by WWF. EurActiv Germany reports.
Germany will need to have started to phase out coal by 2019 and to have got...
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Holiday on ice as coal mines get skates on to beat Beijing curbs
Jumat, 20 Januari 2017 / 19:55 WIB
Chinese coal miners are so determined to cash in on a window of high prices that many are slashing holiday leave for workers and raising pay through the Lunar New Year celebrations before government introduces limits on output again.
Prices in China, the world’s biggest coal user, have...
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VA Board Vacancies Raise Possibility of Coal-Policy Shift
Rabu, 18 Januari 2017 / 19:55 WIB
President-elect Donald Trump is poised to bring in new leadership to the Tennessee Valley Authority, prompting concerns that the nation’s largest public power company could be in for a strategy shift.
After Mr. Trump won, the renomination of three of the utility’s board members,...
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Gas And Renewables Toppled Coal A Decade Early
Senin, 16 Januari 2017 / 19:53 WIB
Cheap natural gas and renewables ousted coal as America’s leading energy source in 2015, a decade earlier than the Clean Power Plan predicted—and without the Clean Power Plan’s help, according to a new analysis.
SNL Energy, a division of S&P Global Market Intelligence,...
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Coal Curbs in Asia Could Save 50,000 Lives Annually, Study Says
Jumat, 13 Januari 2017 / 19:52 WIB
About 50,000 lives a year could be saved by 2030 if no new coal-fired power plants are built in Southeast Asia, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan, according to a study from researchers at Harvard University and Greenpeace International.
If coal plants currently planned or under construction in the...
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US Coal Production, Consumption to Increase in 2017: EIA
Selasa, 10 Januari 2017 / 09:33 WIB
Houston (Platts)–10 Jan 2017 541 pm EST/2241 GMT
The US will burn and produce more coal this year than in 2016, the Energy Information Administration said Tuesday.
In its first Short-Term Energy Outlook of the year, the EIA estimates electric power sector coal consumption will...
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China Top Coal Province Sets Out Consolidation Plan
Senin, 09 Januari 2017 / 09:40 WIB
China’s Shanxi province, the country’s top coal producer, plans to cap output and consolidate the industry around big producers over the next four years in a bid to boost efficiency, according to a blueprint by the provincial government.
Major producers will be set up with a separate...
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China Steps Up Efforts To Cut Coal Capacity
Rabu, 04 Januari 2017 / 09:41 WIB
China, the world’s largest coal consumer and producer, is not giving up on its long-term plans of reducing the share of coal in its overall energy mix and consequent smog and greenhouse gas emissions.
Despite reversing in November some of the restrictionsimposed to local coal miners in...
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Coking Coal Price Ends 2016 With Sharp Drop
Senin, 02 Januari 2017 / 09:42 WIB
While the price of futures trading in China and Singapore were swinging wildly in recent weeks, the benchmark for the seaborne market underwent a more measured correction after spending much of November above $300.
But now it seems the correction is turning into a rout and the multi-year high of...
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Dynegy CEO Says Trump ‘Good for Us’ Coal-Fired Power Generators
Jumat, 30 Desember 2016 / 09:43 WIB
U.S. power generator Dynegy Inc. sees coal regaining some market share as President-elect Donald Trump promises to put more miners back to work.
“Certainly more coal is good for us” and helps make coal-fired plants more profitable when natural gas and electricity prices rise, Dynegy...
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Despite Dark Times, Coal Ends 2016 On a More Positive Note
Rabu, 28 Desember 2016 / 09:45 WIB
In the afterglow of the holiday season, following an increase in coal production at the end of the year, an industry knocked to its knees in 2016 is showing budding optimism.
The story of the year for coal was bankruptcy: falling in and climbing out.
Three of the nation’s largest...
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Coal Demand Is Shifting To Asia
Senin, 26 Desember 2016 / 09:46 WIB
In its medium-term coal market report for 2016, IEA reports that global coal demand growth has stalled after more than a decade of 4 percent annual growth, with demand in 2016 to be below 2013 levels. Consumption decreased for the first time in 2015 as declines in the U.S. and China were not offset...
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Australia lobbies China-led AIIB to add coal to lending priorities
Jumat, 16 Desember 2016 / 09:48 WIB
The Australian government is lobbying hard for the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank to include coal among its lending priorities, as the country seeks to defend its lucrative exports.
The AIIB, billed by some as Beijing’s answer to the World Bank, launched last year with a...
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Clean Energy ‘Moving Forward’ Despite Trump’s E.P.A. Pick, Experts Say
Jumat, 09 Desember 2016 / 09:50 WIB
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice of a fossil-fuel advocate and climate-change denier to head the Environmental Protection Agency comes at a moment when the American energy market has already shifted away from the most polluting fossil fuels, driven more by investors...
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The Human Cost of Consol Energy’s Shift From Coal to Gas
Kamis, 08 Desember 2016 / 09:51 WIB
Consol Energy Inc.’s shift from coal miner to natural-gas producer has pleased investors and kept the company out of bankruptcy. But it has come with a human cost.
Consol employs about a third of the roughly 8,900 workers that were on its payroll at the start of 2013, before the...
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Peabody wants to repay term loan early thanks to improving coal prices
Jumat, 02 Desember 2016 / 09:53 WIB
U.S. coal producer Peabody Energy Corp said it would seek court approval to repay a $500 million term loan ahead of schedule because it has enough cash to operate in bankruptcy thanks to a rise in coal prices.
Peabody obtained an $800 million debtor-in-possession or DIP financing from both...
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Ready for Some Good Environment News? It’s About Coal
Rabu, 30 November 2016 / 09:54 WIB
Positive news about the environment is as common as a well-fed polar bear.
So enjoy.
Thanks to a decrease in coal use in North America and better technology to make the fossil fuel less harmful, the amount of mercury in the atmosphere is on the decline—and our air, our oceans, and even...
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Natural Gas Prices And Coal Under The Clean Power Plan
Senin, 28 November 2016 / 09:55 WIB
Don’t be fooled: there’s no denying that BOTH regulations and low natural gas prices have combined to reduce the use of coal. Even though coal has been the basis of electricity since its inception, the U.S. power industry has been announcing coal retirements at an unprecedented rate....
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China to Probe Illegal Expansion in Coal, Steel Sectors
Jumat, 25 November 2016 / 10:05 WIB
China will send inspection teams to investigate and severely punish illegal expansion by coal and steel firms as part of its efforts to slim down the two industries, the country’s cabinet said on Thursday.
With most of the country’s steel and coal enterprises making losses in 2015,...
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Trump Victory Puts Icing On Investor’s Contrarian Bet On Coal
Rabu, 23 November 2016 / 10:07 WIB
Donald Trump’s surprise victory in the presidential race on Nov. 8 put some extra topspin on what had already been a surprising investment success for vulture investor George Schultze: Arch Coal. Shares in the St. Louis coal producer jumped 35% by the end of the week to over $85, not bad for...
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World’s Top Miner Expects Iron Ore, Coal Price Surge to Cool
Jumat, 18 November 2016 / 10:12 WIB
BHP Billiton Ltd., the world’s biggest miner, expects soaring prices of iron ore and coking coal to moderate even as China pushes ahead with efforts to restructure its steel sector.
Prices have been supported in recent months by restocking and short-term supply disruptions, Chief Executive...
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Spot Metallurgical Coal Tops $US300 Tonne Mark
Rabu, 09 November 2016 / 10:33 WIB
Spot metallurgical coal topped $US300 a tonne for the first time since flooding in Australia curbed output from the world’s biggest seaborne exporter five years ago.
Hard coking coal rose to $US307.20 a tonne on Tuesday, extending a surge that has seen the price quadruple since the start...
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