coal industry News
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CIL Enters Power Generation Business in Cooperation With NLC
CIL (Coal India Ltd) plans to enter power generation business together with NLC (Neyveli Lignite Corporation). To start with, a thermal power plant of 2,000-megawatt capacity will be launched at pithead of any of the mines that are located in Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd’s command area (in Orissa). After massive supply of coal to public as well as private sectors to generate power, the union coal ...
By RNCOS
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Lawsuits Seek to Stop Work at Mines in 3 States
Coal industry representatives say lawsuits against mines in three Western states could have consequences across the U.S. as environmentalists seek changes in how mining is approved on federally owned reserves. In civil cases unfolding in Colorado, New Mexico and Montana, the group WildEarth Guardians asserts coal companies benefited from lax oversight by federal regulators. The group says the ...
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Interior Department must stop coal industry giveaway
A scathing new Inspector General’s report on the Department of the Interior’s coal management program shows that the agency must act quickly to end improper giveaways to the coal industry, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council. Sharon Buccino, director of NRDC’s Land and Wildlife Program, made the following comment: “This report makes it clear: At a time ...
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Govt. to allot Critical Coal Blocks to increase Coal Production in India
The Indian coal ministry plans to allot 41 critical blocks of coal with a joint coal reserve of 16 Billion Tons (These blocks are in Orissa, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, and Chattisgarh). Furthermore, the ministry has already started inviting applications from private power firms and PSUs regarding this. Nearly 15 blocks will be allotted to private players such as Reliance Energy, Tata Power, and ...
By RNCOS
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Poland gives coal a voice during UN climate talks
With coal-reliant Poland hosting U.N. climate talks, the fossil fuel industry will get a rare chance to play a more visible role in the global warming debate. But in a move that has infuriated climate activists, the Polish government will also preside over a high-level coal industry event on the sidelines of the two-week climate conference, which starts Monday. "It's been seen as a real ...
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New projects in the coal gasification industry in China
On June 10th to 13th Changzheng Engineering Co., Limited (CECO) visited ENVEA-SWR Headquarter in Schliengen (Germany) to see the production and management for the growing coal gasification industry in China. CECO like to ensure the quality and safety aspects on a very high standard. It was discussed the past and the future partnership and even new standards on new upcoming projects. We ...
By ENVEA
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Does coal have a future?
President Trump took steps to keep his promise to revitalize the coal industry by signing executive orders aimed at reducing the environmental regulatory burden on coal. But is it too little, too late to save coal? Even with the president’s actions, large coal plants in the U.S. are still facing early retirement – not for regulatory reasons, but due to economic factors. Low natural ...
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Domestic Sponge Iron Sector Might Report Negative Growth Due To Coal Crisis: Industry Body SIMA
The domestic sponge iron industry might report a negative growth in the ongoing December quarter “if the shortage of coal is allowed to continue”, according to apex industry body SIMA. Sponge Iron Manufacturers Association (SIMA) Executive Director Deependra Kashiva said India is expected to report a 60 per cent quarter-on-quarter (q-o-q) fall in its sponge iron output during the ...
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UN climate chief calls on coal industry to change
The top U.N. climate diplomat on Monday told the coal industry it should leave most of the world's remaining coal reserves in the ground and start investing in renewable energy sources. Speaking at a coal summit on the sidelines of a U.N. climate conference in Warsaw, Christiana Figueres said the coal industry needs to change radically to help reduce the carbon emissions that scientists say ...
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Coal and its future are fueling conflicts around the globe
"Coal Wars: The Future of Energy and the Fate of the Planet" (Palgrave Macmillan), by Richard Martin Fierce conflicts over coal are taking place around the globe, but author Richard Martin says the decline and ultimate demise of the fuel that powered the Industrial Revolution is inevitable and cannot be reversed. What he cannot predict, he says, is whether the transition to energy sources that ...
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Obama nominates Colo. energy regulator to FERC
President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated the former head of Colorado's Public Utilities Commission to chair the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Ronald Binz sat on Colorado's utilities commission from 2007 to 2011 and helped oversee efforts to reduce Colorado's reliance on coal-fired utility plants and increase the state's use of renewable energy. He previously served as the state's ...
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Eskom gloves up for legal bout with Deloitte over financial misconduct
Eskom has issued court papers and filed an affidavit against Deloitte Consulting for the setting aside of awards of contracts and recovery of funds amounting to R207 million, relating to improperly awarded work during 2016. The affidavit further calls for Eskom’s former CFO, Anoj Singh and Senior Executive, Prish Govender to pay the costs of the application. Eskom’s Acting Group CEO ...
By VUKA Group
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Standing for Clean Energy- Norway Divests from Coal
In the United States, approximately 20 percent of our energy consumption comes from coal. Additionally, most of the coal burning energy is found in industries. Clearly, this statistic needs to be decreased, but how can the United States collectively show big business that we want to move towards clean and sustainable energy sources? Norway sets a precedent and takes a step to stand against coal ...
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Poland to support, develop industrial, coal mining region
Poland's government, at its first ever session outside Warsaw, approved a multi-billion-euro plan on Tuesday to stimulate the coal-mining region of Silesia's industry and job market. Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz convened the weekly Cabinet session in the southern city of Katowice to stress her government's concern for the key industrial region. Its people complain of being laid off and neglected as ...
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Making coal mining safer, more efficient and greener
CSIRO’s efforts to help the Australian coal industry improve safety and efficiency and reduce its environmental impact received a boost this week with the allocation of more than A$3 million in funding from the Australian Coal Association Research Program (ACARP).The funding package will enable CSIRO Exploration & Mining to undertake nine important research projects.“We are delighted to work ...
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Paris deals crushing blow for coal
After a decade of aggressive growth in demand, the market for coal has stalled and is unlikely to recover, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Its report on the medium-term coal market says that demand in China − which uses 50% of the world’s coal − has begun to fall. And while other growing economies such as India will use more, this will not make up the ...
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Clinton releases plan to help coal country adapt to climate
Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign announced a $30 billion plan to help coal country adapt to new climate change policies that could have a striking economic impact on their communities. Clinton's team says her proposal will protect health benefits for coal miners and their families and help them retrain for new jobs. The plan will also use a combination of tax incentives and government grants to ...
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Industry Luminary, Steve Goreham, to Keynote Penton’s 2016 Coal Prep International Conference and Trade Show in April
Penton‘s Coal Prep International Conference and Trade Show (Coal Prep), the only event in the United States dedicated to coal preparation and processing, announces that independent scholar, author, researcher and energy and environmental futurist, Steve Goreham, MSEE/MBA, will deliver the keynote address. The event is scheduled April 25-27, 2016 at the Kentucky Exposition Center in ...
By Informa PLC
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Successful operation of the whole water system of clean gasification project in shandong Jin Coal Co., Ltd.
Danmotech started business from highly concentrated organic waste water treatment. In the coal chemical industry, we extent our business gradually to big volume wastewater system, recycled water system, desalted water system and the whole water system from small volume and single waste water treatment. Danmotech carried on the clean gasification project of Shangdong Jin Group upon our technical ...
By Danmotech
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African renewables potential mapped
Tapping into Africa's renewable energy could transform living standards across the continent, according to a report that has mapped the potential of renewables in the region. The report aims to help African governments set up renewable energy plans, and has called for the urgent transfer of relevant knowledge to research and technology partners in Africa. "Only if much of the research, ...
By SciDev.Net
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